Drawing Explorer

Command: EXPLORER

The Drawing Explorer

The Drawing Explorer window consists of 4 sub-windows:

Open Drawings: a list of all drawings that are currently open
Details: the details of the selected drawing or the details of the selected category in a drawing, e.g. layers, blocks, images, ...
Drawings: your favorite drawing folders
Preview: a preview of the selected drawing, block, view, dimension style, XRef or image.

How to open the Drawing Explorer

To open the Drawing Explorer window do one of the following:

Click the Drawing Explorer tool button () on the Standard toolbar.
Cllick the Layer, Linetype, Text Style or Dimension Style field in the Status Bar.
The Drawing Explorer window opens showing the details of the clicked definitions category in the current drawing.
(See Customizing the Status Bar to enable/disable settings fields in the Status Bar.)

Choose a Settings Category in the Settings menu.
The Drawing Explorer window opens showing the details of the selected category.
Type explorer in the command bar, then press Enter.

To control the Drawing Explorer layout

In the View menu, check/uncheck the sub-window you want to open or close.
If you click a settings category in the Drawings sub-window when the Details sub-window is closed, the Details window is re-opened, showing the content of the selected settings category.
To close a sub-window, click the close button () in its title bar.
To restore the default layout choose Restore Default Explorer Layout in the Settings menu.

Opening a drawing

To open a drawing using the Drawing Explorer do the following

Launch the Drawing Explorer.
In the Drawings sub-window browse to the folder of the drawing.

Double click the drawing.
The drawing opens, while the Drawing Explorer window stays open.
(optional) Repeat steps 2 and 3 to open more drawings.
Close the Drawing Explorer.

NOTE	When you select a drawing, a preview displays in the Preview sub-window.

Adding a drawing folder

In the Drawings sub-window of the Drawing Explorer main window click Add Folder...

The Browse For Folder window opens.
In the Browse For Folder window do one of the following:

To add an existing folder: select the folder you want to add.
To create a new folder: click the button.

Click the OK button.
The folder is added.

NOTE	Drawings in the subfolders of the selected folder can be opened too. The parent folder(s) of the selected folder is (are) greyed out in the drawing folder tree. Drawings in such folders cannot be opened.

To copy definitions between drawings

Open both the source and the target drawing.
Launch the Drawing Explorer.
In the source drawing select the category you want to copy items from, e.g. Blocks.
(option) In the Details toolbar, click the Icon View button ()
Select the item(s) you want to copy, e.g. a series of blocks.
Press and hold the Ctrl key to select multiple items.
Press and hold the left mouse button to drag the selection set to the Open Drawings section of the Drawing Explorer.
Release the left mouse button when on the target drawing name.
The selected items are copied to the target drawing.
You will be prompted to overwrite items of the same name.

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