2.6.14.2. Settings via dialog

Click on the icon to call the settings dialog.

[Note]Note

Please restart after changes PARTdataManager or seamless.

  • Minimum similarity

  • Maximum number of search results:

  • Close pop-up after [Close popup after]: Use the arrow keys to set the desired number of seconds after which the pop-up window should close.

  • Open parts in

    • Seamless

    • PARTdataManager

    Depending on the setting, results are loaded in PARTdataManager or seamless are loaded. You can recognize the selection by the corresponding button on the right in the LIVEsearch dialog.

    • LIVEsearch results are loaded in PARTdataManager loaded.

    • LIVEsearch results are loaded in Seamless.

  • Automatically update best result [Automatically update best result in part compare] in component comparison:

    The advantage of working with the component comparison [Part comparison] is that you can immediately see the current best comparison part for all changes to the model. You can also see the topological values in the part comparison [Part comparison].[25]

    The part shown in blue is the search part (part currently focused in CAD), the part shown in red is the best comparison part.

    [Note]Note

    As soon as a part is loaded into the part comparison [Part comparison], a dialog box with import options opens.

    Import options for format ......

    Import options for format ......

    As a rule, you only set the settings once. Then activate the option Do not show the dialog for this format again [Do not show the dialog for this format anymore].

    However, if you would like to call up the suppressed dialog again, activate it in the PARTdataManager under Extras -> Settings [Preferences...]... -> Search menu -> General tab, activate the option Show suppressed option dialogs again when opening a 3D file [Show suppressed option dialogs again].




[25] You can also move the window to a second monitor.