Access: To display the Cimatron E Explorer:
Click the Open Documents
icon in the main menu toolbar or select File
/ Open Documents from the main
menu.
The Cimatron E Explorer provides a simple and effective method to navigate your document system. The display and operation of the Cimatron E Explorer is very much like that of Microsoft Windows Explorer. Cimatron has added additional features to the Explorer-like interface to enhance its management capabilities.
The Cimatron E Explorer is used to browse your Cimatron E documents as well as the Catalogs used in the MoldDesign and Electrodes applications.
The Cimatron E Explore
r consists of the following main
sections:
:
An additional section is used for displaying Catalog parameters.
The toolbar
The left pane- Folder Tree - displays the default folder structure.
The middle pane - Document Control - displays the contents of the folder indicated in the left pane. These include sub-folders and files as defined in the Filter.
The right pane - Properties - displays information about the document indicated in the middle pane. Initially, this includes a preview picture of the document and system generated data. You can add additional information that you decide is important in finding/identifying your files. This information can be used as search criteria when looking for a document.
The lower pane - Command Control - displays the document name, document type, the Cancel button and the button specific to the operation selected (Select (when opening a document) or Save (when selecting Save As)).
An additional pane is used for displaying Catalog parameters.
Notes:
Folders can be created to organize documents.
If you want to open a file from another format (SAT, IGES, etc.) you must first use File / Import / From File to translate the file into Cimatron E format. After conversion, the document will appear in the Cimatron E Explorer and you can use File / Open to start working on the document. See Data Interfaces.
Various operations are available from the Cimatron E Explorer. Some of these can be accomplished using the submenus. These submenus differ according to the position from where you access them.
