Structure panel

The Structure panel enables you to view and select drawing content from a structured tree.

  1. Menu
  2. Configure Structure Tree
  3. Search
  4. Content tree

Menu

Displays a drop-down menu.

bim - Composition
Displays BIM entities sorted and grouped by composition. For example, you can see/select all concrete walls on all floors at once, or see at a glance which compositions are used.
bim - Profiles
Displays BIM entities sorted and grouped by profile.
bim - Type
Displays BIM entities sorted and grouped by BIM-type. For example, you can see/select all walls on all floors at once.
bim
Displays BIM entities sorted and grouped by based structure.
default
Displays BIM entities sorted and grouped by layer-based structure.
mechanical
Displays entities sorted and grouped by based structure.
Configure structure tree
Opens the Configure Structure Tree dialog box, which allows you to configure the structure tree.
Select Configuration…
Allows you to load Structure Tree Configuration Files (*.cst).

Configure Structure Tree

Displays the Configure structure tree dialog box.

Search

Searches the structure tree for character strings that match what you enter.

Content tree

Displays a structured tree view of the drawing content. The configuration of the structure tree is defined in a .CST file and specified by the STRUCTURETREECONFIG system variable. The location of CST files is specified by the SRCHPATH system variable. You can create custom CST files to meet your needs.

A right-click menu on a tree node or on an entity offers relevant tools:

Show
Shows the selection set, when it was previously hidden.
Hide
Hides the selection set, and keeps all other drawing entities visible.
Isolate
Hides all other entities in the drawing, except the selection set.
Zoom
Zooms the view to the extents of the selected entities
Expand All
Expands all nodes in the structure.
Collapse All
Collapses all nodes in the structure.