Working with Data Card Decks

Multiple data cards can be retrieved to create a card deck. You can specify the scope of the card deck by selecting individual files or an entire open model.

A card deck contains one data card for each file specified in the scope and a Home card which lists the data cards in the card deck.

Data Card Deck Controls

At the top of the card deck, a toolbar has been provided for navigating and managing the data cards in the card deck. These commands allow you to retrieve the data cards for a model or a specified group of files and place them into a deck, refresh the data card values, remove a card from the deck, isolate a card from the deck, and move a card to the front of the deck. There are also navigation buttons that allow you to move through the deck to the data card you want to review.

Icon	Command	Definition
	Get Data Cards (Get CAD Files or Get Entire Model)	Retrieves either the selected CAD files or all the files in the open model and creates a card deck. Whichever Get Data Cards command is used last remains visible.
	Refresh	If a single data card is displayed, the property values for that card are retrieved from the server. If the Summary card is selected, the property values for all data cards defined by the current Get command are retrieved from the server.
	Remove Card	Removes the current card or selected cards from the deck.
	Isolate On	Turns on Isolation mode for the selected card or cards. Only the files for the selected data cards remain visible and all other files in the card deck are rendered transparent on the canvas.
	Isolate Off	Turns off Isolation mode for the selected card or cards. All files which were transparent when Isolate was turned on are visible again.
	Select in Inventor	Sends the current card selection to the Inventor environment as a selection set.
	Clear Inventor Selection	Clears the current Inventor selection set.
	First	Goes to the first card in the card deck (also referred to as the Home card).
	Back	Goes back one card in the deck.
	Home	Goes to the Home card.
	Next	Goes to the next card in the deck.
	Last	Goes to the last card in the deck.

The Home Card

The home card displays a list of the files in the card deck and their property attributes. The property values that are displayed depend on whether a single data card, multiple data cards, or no data cards are selected from the data card list. 

• If a single data card is selected, then the property values for that data card are displayed on the home card.
• If multiple data cards are selected, then the property values shared across the selected data cards are displayed. If the values differ, then the word VARIES appears.
• If no data cards are selected in the data card list, then all the property values shared across the entire deck are displayed. If the values differ, then the word VARIES appears.

You can make edits with individual data cards or use the Home card to make bulk edits throughout the entire card deck. When making bulk edits for properties with different values throughout the deck, a value collector is used to list the different values associated with that property.

At the top of the home card, the number of cards in the deck and the number of cards selected for comparison are displayed.

 

Isolation Mode

Sometimes in models with many parts it can be necessary to isolate a part for easier examination. The isolation feature allows you to distinguish specified parts in a model. Select the data card(s) for the part(s) which you want to view and click Isolate On from the data card deck controls. The selected parts remain visible on the CAD canvas while all other parts in the card deck become transparent.

Click the Isolate Off button on the data card deck controls to make all parts on the CAD canvas visible again.

List Context Menu

A convenient list context menu allows you to access card deck commands and refresh data card properties. The context menu is accessed by right-clicking a data cards or selection of data cards in the home card list.

Note: Vault operations can only be performed when the data card is in read-only mode.

Command	Definition
Refresh	Updates the data card properties with values retrieved from the server. Note: The context menu is disabled when property values are being retrieved.
Remove Card	Removes the selected card(s) from the card deck.
Select All	Selects all cards in the card deck list.
Clear Selection	Unselects all cards in the card deck list.
Select in CAD	Selects on the CAD canvas all components which correspond to the selected data cards.
Clear CAD Selection	Unselects on the CAD canvas all components which correspond to the selected data cards.