The search results are displayed in the Search Results dialog box which appears automatically once the search is executed.
If you did not get the expected search results you can execute the new search without closing the dialog box.
If your models do have more than one configuration you are able to automatically expand the search results in the Search Results by selecting the Expand documents in search results to show configurations option located in the General User Options of CustomTools.
| PrintAndConvert | Printing and file conversion options for the selected document. (File conversion is not available in CustomTools Viewer) |
| Selected File(s) | Opens the selected files in the Print and Convert for the batch operation.
You can also run batch operations against the desired model configurations via the search results. Select the rows of the desired configurations from the search results in Search Results dialog box and then click PrintAndConvert, Selected File(s) to open the selected documents in the PrintAndConvert feature for batch operations. |
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| BOM of Selected File(s) | Opens the selected assemblies with their BOM structures in the PrintAndConvert feature for batch operations.
If parts have multiple configurations, the different configurations are shown as own configuration specific rows in the document list in batch operation. |
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TIP: Hold down the Ctrl key and click the desired documents to select multiple documents simultaneously. |
| Export | Use the Export command to export a structure of the selected model document.
The Export command could not be performed while more than one document has been selected from the Search results. |
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The Export command is also disabled when the document selected in the Search results is a drawing. |
| WhereUsed | Use this command to see where the selected document refers to. |
| File Operations | File operation commands: |
| Delete File | Removes the selected documents.
Since the user needs to have the Delete Design Data permission on the database level in order to delete reference data from the CustomTools database, the Delete File command is enabled only if the user has the necessary database level user rights. The data is deleted only from the database by default, but the user is able to delete the file completely also from the hard disk by selecting the Delete associated files from hard drive as well option in the Delete Files dialog box, that appears when Delete has been clicked. |
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| Open File in SW | Opens the selected document with SOLIDWORKS and closes the Search Results dialog box. | |
| Open Drawings | Open the desired drawings related to the selected part or assembly. | |
| Open in Explorer | Opens the location of the selected document in the Windows Explorer window. |
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NOTE: Commands in the File Operations menu are not enabled when using CustomTools Lite or Basic edition. CustomTools Express edition is required in order to enable the commands in File Operations menu. |
| Search Results | List of the documents found by the search criterias defined by the user.
The search results displays the custom properties which has the Enable property in search check box selected in their database options. Search conditions matching with at least one configuration of some model having its reference data in the database does count and those models are listed in the search results. The amount of displayed search results can be limited by setting the desired value for the Maximum number of rows shown in the search result list setting in the General User Options of CustomTools. The Search Results shows max. 500 configurations at once by deafult. |
| Preview | Shows a preview picture of the document selected under Open. |
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TIP: You can insert the desired component from the search results list into the open assembly using the drag-and-drop way. |
The document rows in the search results can be expanded by clicking the + in the beginning of the row. The + appears into the rows only if the document has more than on configuration.
In the General user options of CustomTools, you can determine to view the search results flat or nested.
Using the flat view, each found configuration is shown as one row in the search results. Flat view search results can be also limited to show only one configuration per found document.
Nested view shows the found documents in the parent-child way where the document itself is shown as parent document and its configurations are shown as child documents.
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TIP: Re-arrange the columns in the search results by dragging the desired columns into another places. |
A file property called Filename is always shown in the CustomTools search results.
A property called Configuration is also a SOLIDWORKS file property. The Configuration property represents the SOLIDWORKS model configuration. Configuration name shown in the Configuration property is the name set to be shown in SOLIDWORKS bill of materials (BOM).
In addition to the SOLIDWORKS custom properties, your CustomProperties are also shown in the search results.
You can choose the properties to be shown in the search results by right-clicking the header row of the Search results list to open a context menu used to select the columns shown in the list.
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NOTE: SOLIDWORKS file property called Filename cannot be hidden from the Search results list. |
The Open options determines the document type to be opened.
| Model | Opens the selected 3D model. If drawing is selected in the result list this options does not do anything. |
| Drawing | Opens the selected drawing. If a model is selected in the result list this options does not do anything. |
| View-Only | Opens the selected document with the last saved conditions. In the View only mode the following commands are unavailable: |
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| Read-Only | Opens a read only copy of the selected document. Any changes cannot be saved when the document has been opened as view or read only mode. |
| CustomTools Viewer | Opens the selected document with CustomTools Viewer. |
| External program | Opens the document with an external program like SOLIDWORKS that supports the format of selected document. |
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TIP: You can select multiple documents to be opened at once, hold down CTRL and select the documents to open. |