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Equipment User Guide 12 Series

Chapter: Equipment Overview

List Elements
Lists are a temporary collection of elements on which operations can be performed that affect all the members of
the list. Lists only last for the duration of Design session unless Forms & Display are saved.
The current list is displayed on a pull-down on the Default toolbar:

If there is no current list defined the pull-down will display No list. The pull-down also lets you select the current
list if more than one list has been defined in the current session.
Selecting Utilities > Lists from the main menu or clicking the Create/Modify Lists icon from the Default toolbar
displays the Lists/Collections form.

The first step is to create a list by selecting Add > List from the form menu bar. A Create List form is displayed
that allows you to give a Description to the list. The Description of the list will appear in the List pull-down on the
form.
Elements may be added to the list by using the Add menu on the form.

The Add menu allows you to select members to add to the list. The options are

CE Adds the current element

CE Members Adds the elements whose owner is the current element.

Identified Adds elements by identifying them with the cursor. Clicking the
Esc key on the keyboard ends the selection

Selection Adds elements selected by use of the Add to List form:

One or more element types, for example SCTN, PANE, may be entered in the Selection text box to filter the
elements you wish to add to the list.

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The selection may be further refined by adding a valid PML expression to the with Rule text box.
Examples of with Rule might be.
• SPREF EQ /DIN-SPEC/HE300A will add all HE300A sections in the selection source to the list.
• GTYP NE ‘ANG’ will add all SCTN elements whose Gtype is not equal to ANG in the selection source to the
list.
The source of the selection is made by clicking one of the following radio buttons:

For Element Enter an element, e.g. STRU or FRMW, name in the text box or
navigate to an element in the Members List and type CE in the text
box. The option box on the right allows you to select the current DB
or All DB’s.

From List Select a list name from the pull-down.

The selection may also be made by specifying a volume, either explicitly or with a 3D cursor, and selecting
whether part of or the entire element is within the volume by checking the appropriate check box.
Whatever method is chosen to select the items to add to the list, the selected items will appear in the main
window of the Lists / Collections form.
The format of the displayed list is controlled by the Format pull-down. The list may be displayed as element
Name only, Description only or Name + Desc.

The elements in the list may be highlighted in the graphical view by checking the Highlight check box at the top
of the form.

Commands may be directly applied to the list by entering valid syntax in the text box at the bottom of the form and
clicking the Action option. It is recommended that you use this option only if you have a good understanding of
syntax, otherwise use the list in conjunction with the appware. Examples of entries in the Action text box might
be
BY X 600 will move each element in the list by 600mm.
SPREF /DIN-SPEC/HE200A will change the Specification Reference of all SCTN elements in the list
to /DIN-SPEC/HE200A.
The contents of the list may be manipulated by removing elements from it. Selecting Remove from the
Lists/Collections form menu bar gives you the same options as the Add menu described previously, with the
following additions:

from List Removes the highlighted element from the list

All Removes all elements from the list

Choosing the Selection option from the menu displays the Remove from List form that operates in the same way
as the Add to List form described previously.
List may be used where element selection is available on the appware forms, usually via an options box. For
example, the Position By form, allows you to select a List as an option to apply the repositioning to.

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The entered distances would be applied to all members of the current list, which is selected from the Lists pull-
down box on the main toolbar.

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