The Document Control is the middle pane of the Cimatron E Explorer and displays the contents of the folder indicated in the Folder Tree pane of the Cimatron E Explorer. This is the default pane and includes sub-folders and files.
The Filter at the top of the pane lets you define which document types will be displayed.
Note: Close the Folder Tree and Properties panes to enlarge the Document Control pane.
The document folder contents as well as the Catalogs contents can be viewed. The columns displayed in this section can be customized.
Depending upon the document types selected in the filter above, the folder may contain Cimatron E documents. These documents are displayed with specific icons which identify the file type. These are:
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Part |
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Assembly |
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Drafting |
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Numerical Control ( NC ) |
Other Cimatron E related file icons are:
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This is an invalid or incomplete Cimatron E file. |
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You do not have permission to use this file. |
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The file has an .elt suffix, however, it is not a Cimatron E file. |
In addition, the folder may also contain other related documents such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, G-Code, DI, NC Templates, etc.. Each of these documents are displayed with their own specific Windows icons.
The contents of this pane can be sorted by column and the order of the columns can be changed by dragging and dropping them.
Each folder may contain Cimatron E Catalog
items and associated documents. Catalog
items are identified by the following icon: 
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Cimatron E enables you to customize the fields appearing in the Document Control pane (such as description, version, creation date and so on)> this is performed from the Column Chooser dialog, as described in the procedure below.
To display the Column Chooser dialog:
Right click on a column heading in the Document Control pane. A pop-up menu is displayed, as shown below.
Note: You can remove a field from the Document Control pane, by selecting Remove This Column from the pop-up menu.
Select Columns Chooser. The Column Chooser dialog is displayed, as shown below.
From the Available fields area on the left, select the column that you want to appear in the Document Control pane, and click Add.
The new column now appears in the Displayed fields area on the right, as shown below.
If required, you can position the newly added column by clicking Move Up or Move Down.
Click OK.
The fields appearing in the Displayed fields area will appear as columns in the Document Control pane, as shown in the example below.
