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Library View User Interface

The EPLAN Harness proD library's main dialog appears in two basic views, the so-called "Part view" and the "Library view". Part view is active if a part is opened for editing or a new one has been created. Library view is active when the Library tab is selected; this view serves to display and manage the contents of the currently opened library.

Categories

By default, the Categories panel is situated on top of the left-hand side bar. This section contains the complete category structure of the currently opened library. As soon as a category is selected, its content will be listed in the parts list.

Using the popup menu it is possible to create new parts, rename and delete them, or export a selected category.

Note:

If you change the name of a parent category branch to an existing one, the categories will be merged.

Expanding / collapsing a particular category node

To expand a particular node in the Categories tree view, press [+] on the keyboard. To collapse a particular node in the Categories tree view, press [-] on the keyboard.

Expanding / collapsing multiple nodes

To expand a particular node together with all of its subnodes in the Categories tree view at once, press [*] on the keyboard. To collapse all nodes in the Categories tree view at once, press [/] on the keyboard.

Parts list (library)

By default, the complete content of the category currently selected in the Categories panel or the result of a query is displayed in the center of the EPLAN Harness proD library dialog when the Library tab is active. This is the so-called "Parts list", and it is the location where parts can be selected for further work (see Library Actions for a list of the available actions and their description).

The appearance of the parts list can be customized. It is, e.g., possible to determine individually for each part type which columns are to be displayed or hidden and also their order. Simply right-click on any column header of the parts list to open the Select visible properties dialog. Select the part type for which you want to change the appearance from the top drop-down list and activate / deactivate the check boxes to have the corresponding properties displayed or hidden. Use the Move <...> buttons to change the display order of the properties.

It is also possible to move parts from one category to another one by using the Change category command from the popup menu. This command affects all currently selected parts.

Part info

By default, this side bar is located on the right; it provides detailed information on the part(s) currently selected in the parts list. The information includes the following data:

Query

To search for parts within the current library you can use queries. These can be determined and launched in the Query panel. It is also possible to run already determined queries and search by tags via the Query command bar. Using the Part name search drop-down list in the upper right-hand corner it is possible to quickly search for parts whose part names (or part numbers) contain certain strings.

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