Open Model

On launching the application in either single user or collaboration mode, a user will be presented with the model load panel to select which data they want to load:

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See more about multi-level projects here.

The panel is split into panel display control options and model selection:

Panel Display Control Options

Icon

Description

Usage

Home

Returns the user to the home ribbon bar

Push button

Sort

Allows the user to sort the models that have been displayed. A user can sort with 3 choices

Push the Sort button and a user will be presented with the 3 options:

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Sort by Name - Select to sort the model list alphabetically, click again to show in reverse order.

Sort by Date - Select to sort the model list by date, click again to show in reverse order.

Sort by Size - Select to sort the model list by size, click again to show in reverse order.

Group

Enabling this toggle sorts data into project folders and a user can select which projects worth of data to access.

Push “Group”and then “Group By Project” button

Filter

Enter a model name to filter the models shown on screen to only ones containing the search string

Push “filter” then tap the “Name Filter” to enter in your search string

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The tick box shown enables the filter usage, toggle this as required.

“Show Common Files” allows a user to toggle on and off the models listed in the Common project.

Options

Contains all options regarding load options

Refresh: If a new model is available on the server, this refreshes the models to sync with the server.

Key

Lists what the icons shown on each model tile means
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Model Selection

The user will be presented with a list of thumbnails to select from. The thumbnail shows the data that will be loaded on selection. The thumbnail also contains a number, this is the number of experiences associated to this data. On selection of a data set, you will be provided options on how to then load the chosen data:

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The user can select to launch in “visualization”, “Design Review”, “Snapshot” or a “Factory Layout” experience if applicable. Tapping the back will return a user to the Model Load panel. If you would like to open the model in ARR you can use the ‘Azure Remote Renderer’ button.