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After click on the search results are listed below.
According to the degree of similarity the percent value is colored.
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The displayed percent value may slightly differ from the actual best possible value. It refers to the precalculated part. In order to ensure short calculation time at big tables not all parts are precalculated.[52]When a part is loaded the missing data is calculated on the fly, so that the depiction in 3D comparison and 2D comparison is always correct. In order to see all available single parts (characteristics) of the family table, simply load the search part and the compare part either in the Part view or in the Part comparison. |
In the column Quick compare, you can see the proportion between search part and result part.
The Bounding Box of the search part is drawn into the 2D sketches of the result parts, so that you can see the proportion at a glance. Exact values can be found in the Size column beside.
At the search part itself the bounding box is covering exactly. At bigger or smaller search result parts it is outside or inside.
The Quick compare is not displayed by default. If you want to see it for all result parts, in the column Quick compare, activate the checkbox Show for all, otherwise you can activate the checkbox directly at desired parts. In the column header you can call the dialog Select columns via context menu and there, switch the Quick compare on and off (see Section 3.1.6.7.2, “Columns show/hide ”).
In the 3D tooltip of the result list the bounding box[53] of the search part is also displayed (analogously to the red bounding box in the 2D quick compare).
Under Part view -> Links the bounding box of the Quick compare is displayed as well.
The result can be sorted by different criteria (meta data) such as Preview, Catalog, Project, etc.[54] Therefor click on the column header anywhere.
Possibly it makes sense only to display interesting columns and to hide all others. Open the Properties dialog box with the right mouse key over a column header.
At Geometric search (3D) the minimum similarity is 90% by default. However, you can extend the search space successively by clicking on the respective button at the end of list of search results.
Should the number of displayed search results be under the set maximum number of search results, due to the requested Minimum similarity of 90%, then at the end of list of search results the button Extend search space to xy% similarity is displayed, otherwise the buttons and . Whether the button is displayed, also depends on the option Maximum number of search result:[55]
In this figure the button shows the value "Extend search range to 80% similarity". The default value for minimum similarity has been 90%. Using standard settings the percent value is reduced by 10 percent points per click and the search is started again.
When moving the mouse over a result line, different buttons are displayed.
For example, click on the button Compare to search-part .
-> The docking window Part comparison is opened.
In the Select project line section you can see the characteristic attribute table of search part and part to be compared. At both parts select the same characteristic. You can find detailed information on part comparison under Section 3.1.6.10, “ Part comparison ”.
With click on the button Export to CAD you can directly transfer the desired part to the CAD system.
[52] In own part catalogs normally each characteristic of a family table is precalculated by default.
[53] Smallest possible cuboid wrapping the part along X,Y,Z axes
[54] when ERP integration is used, sorting by ERP variables like material, price, etc. is also possible
[55] See Extras menu -> Preferences... -> Search dialog -> "General" tabbed page -> Setting option "Maximum number of search result".