Opening Objects from a Search Results Window

You can select the V6 references and representations to open from a Search Results window using the Open Advanced... command.

Before you begin:
  • You cannot open non-V6 objects.
  • You cannot open a PLM object created using V6 if its name contains national characters or forbidden special characters. For a reminder, see About Filenames.
  • Visualization filters are not taken into account.

  1. From a Search Results window, select the objects you want to open.

    Important: You can select multiple part references from the Search Results window: in that case, each selected reference opens in a separate window with an editor corresponding to its type (i.e. drawing, material, etc.).

  2. Click Open Advanced... in the PLM Search toolbar.



    Tip: You can also
    • Press Ctrl+Shift+O
    • Or, right-click the object then select Open Advanced...
    • Or, select PLM Access > Open > Open Advanced....

    By default, when you first access the dialog box:

    • The selected object is expanded from the database to retrieve all its children.
    • The selected object opens with its 3D Shape representations and its 3D Parts.

    The values set for the options displayed in this dialog box are stored in preference files. Therefore, if you modify the default values, you will recover them next time you run the Open Advanced... command.

    Important: If you are working in editability mode, the Lock the selected elements check box is replaced by the Edit the selected elements check box.

  3. In the Open Advanced dialog box, select the open options to be applied.

  4. Click OK to validate and close the Open Advanced dialog box.

The selected objects open according to the selected options. Below are a few examples:

  • With expanded children from database and With all representations are selected (note that the "ajt_Chassis" node has been expanded to show that a drawing representation has been retrieved and loaded): the object is expanded from the database to retrieve all its children and all representations are loaded. Below is an example:




  • With expanded children from database and With 3D Shape representations are selected (default): the object is expanded from the database to retrieve all its children and 3D Shape and 3D Part representations are loaded. Note that in the example below, the "ajt_Chassis" node has been expanded to show that this time, the drawing representation has not been retrieved:




  • With expanded children from database and Without any representation are selected: the object is expanded from the database to retrieve all its children and no representation is loaded.




  • With expanded children from database is cleared and Without any representation is selected: the object is not expanded from the database and no representation is loaded.