Smart Catalog Explorer consists of the following navigational areas:
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Toolbar
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Tree view
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Icon view / List view
Toolbar
The toolbar includes the following commands:
Expand All / Collapse All
Expands or collapses the entire tree view.
Tile Vertically / Tile Horizontally
Toggles between the tiling of the tree view and icons or list view vertically (tree view on top) or horizontally (tree view on the left).
Icons / List
Toggles the display of the catalog items as tiles (where each tile displays an icon, the symbol name, and a tool tip) or a grid showing a list of properties including the icon for the item.
Display Favorites
Displays the list of catalog items assigned to the Favorites folders.
Quick Catalog
Displays the list of catalog items assigned to the Quick Catalog.
Import
Imports to Smart Catalog Explorer a .bin file containing Favorites, Quick Catalog, and Flags settings.
Export
Exports all Favorites, Quick Catalog, and Flags settings from Smart Catalog Explorer to a .bin file.
Search Box
The Search box is used to find items by typing a string that is part of the symbol name or a single flag. The scope of the search is on the currently selected folder and its sub-folders. If the folder in the tree view is changed, the search is canceled. Searches are case-insensitive.
Tree View
The tree view displays a hierarchy of nodes that contain catalog items. You can navigate through the tree view by selecting the different nodes. A small right-facing triangle to the left of the node name indicates that the node contains sub-nodes. Select the node to expand it. To close a node, select the triangle to the left of the open node name. If the selected node contains any drawing symbols, the software displays them in the icon / list view.
If the Symbols node is not displayed in the tree view, ensure that in Options Manager, the Catalog Explorer Root Path value does not include a trailing '\' (backslash) character.
Icon View / List View
When a folder is selected in the tree view, the icon view or list view displays all the symbols in that folder and its sub-folders, organized by item class. From these views, you can select catalog items before placing them in a stockpile or in a drawing (for PID users). You can specify the view style for the symbols in the list view by toggling the Icons / List toolbar command.
Icon view
Displays the catalog items as tiles. Each tile shows an image of the item, the item's name, including the file extension (.sym for symbols or .pid for assemblies), and a tool tip with additional information. Below the image, a toolbar appears with several commands.
List view
Displays the catalog items in a grid, showing the following options or properties:
Toolbar commands — These commands are identical to the commands that appear in the icon view.
Catalog item image
Item's name
File Type, which can be Symbol (.sym file) or Assembly (.pid file)
Item Class
Folder Path
Icon View / List View Commands
The following commands are available:
Add to Quick Catalog
Assigns the item to the Quick Catalog and moves that item to the top of the view area. If more than one item is assigned to the Quick Catalog for a particular folder and its sub-folders, the items are displayed in the order in which they were assigned. When a catalog item is assigned to the Quick Catalog, the icon changes to ; to remove an assigned catalog item from the Quick Catalog, select this icon.
Add to Favorites
Opens the Add to Favorites dialog, from where you can select an existing Favorites folder or create a new folder in which to add the catalog item. When a catalog item is included under the Favorites folder, the icon changes to .
Flags
Opens the Flags dialog. Flags are used to assign additional search strings to an item apart from the item's name. When one or more flags are assigned to a catalog item, the icon changes to .