The Prospector tab, Settings tab, and Survey tab have several controls in common, including a tree structure, context menus, and object icons.
The Toolspace trees display items in a hierarchical structure. Any item that can contain other items below it in the tree is a collection. For example, in the illustration, Open Drawings, Points-2, and Sites are all collections. The symbol displayed at the tree node, to the far left of each collection name gives you information about the display of the items in the collection:
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The collection contains items that are not displayed. Click |
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The items contained in the collection are displayed. Click |
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The collection contains items that cannot be displayed in the tree. Click the collection name to list the items in a Toolspace item view. For more information, see The Toolspace Item View. |
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The collection’s data needs to be refreshed. Right-click the collection and click Refresh. |
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The item is a reference to an item located elsewhere in the tree. Double-click the reference to navigate to the actual item. For example, this icon appears next to a drawing in the Projects node when that project drawing is open. You can then double-click the icon to move to that drawing in the Open Drawings node in the Prospector tree. |
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The collection contains no items. |
to expand the tree and display the items.
to collapse the tree and hide the items.
Display a context menu for any collection or item in the tree by right-clicking the item. The menu contains commands that apply to the item you selected in the tree.
A row of icons appears at the top of each Toolspace tab. For more information about these, see The Prospector Tab Icons, The Settings Tab Icons and the The Survey Tab Icons.
Use the drop-down list above the tree to control which items are displayed in the tree. For more information, see Controlling the Items Displayed in the Settings Tree and Controlling the Items Displayed in the Prospector Tree.
When you select items in the tree, additional information may be displayed in an item view, which is shown in a pane next to or beneath the main tree. You can adjust the size of the item view by moving the bar that separates the item view from the tree.
An item view is one of the following, depending on the item selected:
- List view. Displays information in a list or table. In some cases, this information can be edited.
- Graphical view. Displays an image of the item.
For more information, see The Toolspace Item View.
Copying Items in the Toolspace Trees
You can copy some items in the Toolspace trees by dragging them to another drawing or collection. For information about using this feature in the Settings tree, see Dragging Items within the Settings Tree. You can use the Prospector tree drag-and-drop feature to add drawing points to drawing point groups. For more information, see Changing a Point Group’s Properties by Dragging Points into the Point Group.