Entities of Interest Workflow Tool

The entities of interest tool allows users to visualise specified entities in D3PLOT and action them, we use PRIMER to set the tool up.

Introduction

In D3PLOT, this tool displays all the entities as specified by the user with options to action on them, such as Only, Highlight and GLB Export. In PRIMER we can set the tool up for models, by selecting the entities of interest. The user can then save to file or save to model.

How to use the Workflow Tool

When this tool is initially launched, PRIMER will ask you to select which model you want to use to set up the tool, you can only set a single model up at a time. The GUI of this tool will look something like this by default:

GUI

Adding Entries to the List

Users can add an entry to list which can contain as many entites as they wish. To set this up there are the following options: Name - You must give your entry a name so it can be identitfied. Type - You must select the entity type for your entry. Current options are Parts or Part Sets. Select... - You must then select the entities for your entry by using the menu that appears on the right hand side. Add - If you have completed the above steps then the 'Add' button will become active and you can add your entry to the list.

Only and Unblank all

You can select as many entries from the list as you want and then press 'Only' to Only them. You can press 'Unblank all' at any time to unblank the model.

Edit

Users can edit an entry in the list by pressing the 'Edit' button, it will open a new GUI window. You can only have 1 entry selected to do this. Much like adding an entry to the list the user can then update it's name and/or the entities in the entry. You can not change entity type.

Delete

Users can Delete as many entries as they wish at once by selecting them from the list and then pressing the 'Delete' button.

Saving

Users can choose to save the data to a .JSON file or directly to the model. The user data from the file will then be picked up when the workflow is selected in D3PLOT.