WhereUsed is a feature which shows all the models and drawings where the selected model is used. If current document is the part of one or more assemblies, WhereUsed shows all the assemblies which uses the part.
| Documents referring to | The Document tree shows a structural presentation of the models and drawings where the selected model is used. |
| Preview | Shows the preview picture of the selected document. The preview picture appears automatically when you select a document. |
| Recursively show all upper level dependencies |
Shows the structural presentation of all documents, which uses the selected document.
CustomTools remembers the last state of Recursively show all upper level dependencies option. |
| Close | Closes the dialog box. |
| PrintAndConvert | Printing options for the selected document. | |
| Selected files | Opens the selected files in the Print And Convert feature for the batch operation. | |
| Assembly with structure | Opens the selected assembly in the Print And Convert feature for the batch operation. |
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| Structure | Export the structure information of the selected document into another information system. (Not available in CustomTools Viewer) | |
| File Operations | Commands to perform different actions for the files. Available file operation commands: | |
| Delete File | Removes the selected documents. |
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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. |
When checking the file refenrences by using the WhereUsed command, the SOLIDWORKS mirror parts does not refer to their source parts. However the part that was used as a source of the mirror part keeps referring to its mirrored part.
When using mirror parts in assemblies, the mirrored parts keeps the references to the assemblies where they are in use.