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History View

Opens the History View window. Use History View to view and edit the construction history of the picked objects. The window shows operations you have performed that are maintaining construction history.

Tip: The History Visualizer provides more efficient ways of working with construction history. It not only provides improved viewing and editing features, but also it lets you replace inputs to tools and create construction history presets. Access the History Visualizer from the Windows menu or right-click the history button to the right of the promptline.

For more information see Windows > History Visualizer.

History View icon bar

- Delete Selected - Deletes the selected construction history. This does not delete the actual objects, only the construction history being maintained. It is the same as picking the object and choosing Delete > Delete Construction History.

- Setting - Access the Setting menu:

  • All - Show all objects with history.
  • Active - Show only the picked objects with history.
  • Affecting Active - Show the objects contributing to the history of the picked objects.
  • Affected by Active - Show the objects which were created from the picked objects.
  • Sorted by Type - Group operations together on the list by the tool used.

- More - Access the More menu.

More menu

Global Suspend

Suspend construction history updates for all objects.

Suspend Selected

Suspend construction history updates for the picked objects.

Resume

Resume construction history updates for all objects.

Pick Constructors

Pick the object(s) used to create the selected operations.

Pick Targets

Pick the object(s) created by the selected operations.

History View workflows

Sort the objects by the tool used to create them

  • To group objects created by the same tool together, open the history window’s List menu and choose Sort By Type.
  • To list objects normally (roughly in the order you created them), turn off Sort By Type.

View how an object was created

  1. In the History View window’s List menu, choose Active.

  2. Pick the object.

  3. Click the arrow next to the name of the object.

    The list shows the operation’s constructors and target (result).

    Tip: Press and hold the on the name of an object in the History View window to highlight the object in the modeling windows.

Change the tool options used to create an object

  • In the History View window, click the icon next to the name of the object.

Edit tool option history by clicking an object

  1. Choose Query Edit.

  2. Click the object, either in the view or in the Object Lister (Windows > Object Lister).

    If the object has editable history, the Query edit tool will automatically select the appropriate tool for editing.

Delete construction history

Breaks the links between the picked object and any objects that you used to create it.

  1. Pick the object from which you want to delete construction history.
  2. Click the .

Suspend and resume construction history updates

  • To suspend history updates, open the Rebuild menu and choose Global Suspend.

    Suspended construction history is indicated by this icon: .

  • To resume history updates choose Resume.

Parent page: Windows menu

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