Exploring Parents

1. Right-click an object and select Explore Parents.

   The Explore Parents immersive dialog box appears. The selected object represents the root of a tree under which is its parent object. The thumbnail represents a 3D image of the parent object. Note that the tree is displayed bottom to top.

2. Click Float to undock the dialog box.

   
   
   

3. If the parent object can be expanded, double-click it.

   The parent object's parent object is displayed in the tree. (You can continue expanding the tree to display in turn the parent object of each respective object for as many levels as you wish.)

4. Select any object in the displayed tree.

   The selected object's parent object is displayed in the thumbnail.
   
   

5. Right-click any object in the tree and select Explore.

   The object is opened in a new Navigation window as root object.

6. Select any object in the tree, right-click the associated parent thumbnail and select Explore.

   The parent object is opened in a new Navigation window as root object.

7. Click to toggle to Instance/Reference mode.

   The different instances are now displayed for the references previously displayed.

   
   
   

   
   
   

   Note: In the case where there is only one Instance for a Reference, for intermediary nodes the displayed Instance and Reference names will be different. However for terminal leaves, which are usually Representations, they could be the same.

8. Click to display a list of all roots containing the reference.

   All roots are indicated. Note that these results are displayed on a separate tab page.
   
   

9. Click and select a reference from any window (Search Results, Navigation or Examine) to display complete parent hierarchy.

   The parent hierarchy is displayed. Only branches in which the selected reference is found are kept.
   
   

10. To close the dialog box (or to close the current tab page if multiple tab pages are open), click Close .

Tips: A toolbar at the upper-left of the immersive dialog box enables you to: toggle between Reference/Reference mode and Reference/Instance mode get a list of roots explore parents in the context of a selected reference (you can select the reference from any window: Search Results, Explore, Examine) A toolbar at the bottom-left of the immersive dialog box enables you to change tab pages: represents an "Explore Parents" page represents a "Get root list" page A toolbar at the upper-right of the immersive dialog box enables you to: present the current parent in thumbnail format present the current parent in tile format dock the immersive dialog box undock the immersive dialog box

Warning: When you right-click an object in the tree or on its thumbnail (steps 5 and 6 above), the entire list of commands that is available on that object type in the Navigation window will be available You can multi-select objects before entering the Explore Parents command, in which case each selected object will appear in the immersive dialog box when you launch the command and their parents can be explored in parallel.

Note: When you launch the Explore Parents command from the Explore Parent dialog box, then the selected object becomes root in the new Navigation window: