Working with the Structure panel
The Structure panel displays a structured tree view of the drawing content.
BricsCAD® provides 3 configure structure tree (CST) definitions:
- Default displays a layer-based structure.
- BIM displays a BIM entity-based structure.
- Mechanical displays an entity-based structure.
Click the hamburger menu () to select a definition.
In the Structure panel you can:
- Click the expand (+) icon to expand a node.
- Click the collapse icon (-) to collapse a node.
- Select a node, right-click and choose Expand All to expand all subnodes of the selected node.
Select the drawing name and use this option to expand all nodes in the entire tree.
- Select a node, right-click and choose Collapse All to collapse all subnodes of the selected node.
Select the drawing name and use this option to collapse the entire tree.
- Click a node or entity in the Structure panel to select it in the drawing.Note: This depends on the settings in the Structure tree. To configure the Structure tree, right-click in .
Hold down the Ctrl key to compose a selection set.
- Right-click to display a context menu, which allows to:
- Show: displays the selection when previously hidden.
- Hide: hides the selection.
- Isolate: isolates the selection, hides all the rest.
- Zoom: zooms onto the selection.
Note: Select the drawing name. Next, right-click and choose Show in the context menu to display the entire drawing, or choose Show Entities in the General tab of the No Selection Quad.