Explorer

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Classic, Pro and Platinum, Bricscad (Linux) Classic, Pro and Platinum

Opens the Drawing Explorer dialog box; controls Layers, Layer States, Linetypes, Text Styles, Dimension Styles, Table Styles, Coordinate Systems, Views, Visual Styles, Lights, Materials, Blocks, External References, Images, Pdf Underlays, Dependencies, Page Setups and Section Planes.

Accessing the Command

command bar: explorer

menu bar: Tools | Drawing Explorer | (select a category)

toolbar: Standard |

: explorer

Displays a dialog box:

Press F1 to access help.

Click X to close.

Command Options

Edit Menu	Shortcut	Description
New	Ctrl+N	Creates a new item.
Delete	Ctrl+D	Erases the selected item.
Merge to ...		Merges the content of the selected layer to another layer.
Purge	Ctrl+P	Purges the unused items.
Cut	Ctrl+X	Copies the item to the Clipboard, and then purges it from the drawing.
Copy	Ctrl+C	Copies the item to the Clipboard.
Paste	Ctrl+V	Copies the item from the Clipboard.
Rename	F2	Renames the selected item.
Select All	Ctrl+A	Selects all items.
Set Current		Sets the selected item as current.

View Menu
Open Drawings		If checked, displays the Open Drawings pane.
Drawings		If checked, displays the Drawings pane.
Details		If checked, displays the Details pane.
Preview		If checked, displays the Preview pane.
Editor		If checked, displays the Edit pane.
Status Bar		Toggles the display of the Status Bar of the Drawing Explorer dialog box.

Details		Displays details of items.
Icons		Displays items as icons.
Tree		Displays items in tree form (applies to layer states, dimension styles, external references, images, pdf underlays and dependencies only).
Regen		Updates the drawing display to reflect changes made in this dialog box.
Toggle Regen		Toggles automatic updating of the display.
Show XRef Layers		Toggles the display of layers found in attached externally-referenced drawings.

Settings Menu
Restore Explorer Default Layout		Restores the layout of the Drawing Explorer to the default layout for the selected category. Changes to the Drawing Explorer dialog layout are remembered for each category.

Toolbar Buttons
New	Ctrl+N	Creates new items.
Delete	Ctrl+D	Erases selected items.
Purge	Ctrl+P	Removes unused items from the drawing.

Cut	Ctrl+X	Copies the item to the Clipboard, and then purges it from the drawing.
Copy	Ctrl+C	Copies the item to the Clipboard.
Paste	Ctrl+P	Pastes the item from the Clipboard. Copy and Paste are useful for copying items from one drawing to another.
Redraw		Updates the drawing display to reflect changes made in this dialog box.
Redraw Toggle		Toggles automatic updating of the display.
Details		Displays items in detailed format.
Icons		Displays items as icons.
Tree		Displays items in tree form (applies to layer states, images, dimension styles, and external references only).
Layer Filter		If pressed, displays layers of which the name fits the Filter Text field only: layers starting with 'a' layers containing 'hatch' layers of which the third character is 'a' layer names of 5 characters long
Restore		Restores the selected layer state.
Overwrite		Overwrites the selected layer state.
All layer properties to restore on		Switches all layer properties to restore on for the selected layer state.
All layer properties to restore off		Switches all layer properties to restore off for the selected layer state.
Import		Imports a layer state.
Export		Saves the selected layer state to a file.
Reset to default		Resets the definition of a predefined visual style to defaults.
Apply visual style		Applies the selected visual style to the current viewport.
Select in drawing		Selects the selected light in the drawing. The Drawing Explorer - Lights dialog closes.
Insert		Inserts an internal block.
Insert external file block		Inserts an external file as a block.
Save block		Saves the selected block to a file.
Reload Xref		Reloads the selected external reference.
Unload Xref		Unloads the selected external reference.
Bind Xref		Binds the selected external reference to the current drawing.
Insert Xref		Converts the selected external reference to a block.
Insert Image		Inserts the selected image in the drawing.
Insert PDF		Inserts the selected PDF underlay in the drawing.
eTransmit		Launches the eTransmit procedure.
eBridge to Vondle		Launches the eBridge to Vondle procedure.
Edit page setup		Edits the selected page setup.

Related Commands

DimStyle - creates and modifies dimension styles, through the Drawing Explorer.

eTransmit - creates a package of a drawing file and all its dependencies, such as: external references, images, font files, plot configuration files, plot style tables and font map files.

ExpBlocks - opens the Blocks section of the Drawing Explorer dialog box.

ExpUcs - creates, modifies, and deletes named UCSs through the Drawing Explorer.

Image - inserts images in drawings through the Drawing Explorer.

LineType - Loads, sets, and creates linetypes through the Drawing Explorer.

Layer - creates layers, changes their properties, and removes layers through the Drawing Explorer.

LayerState - creates and controls layer states in the Drawing Explorer.

LightList - displays the Drawing Explorer - Lights dialog window.

Materials - creates materials and edits their properties through the Drawing Explorer.

PageSetup - creates and edits page setups for plotting drawings in the Drawing Explorer.

Pdf - attaches PDF files to the current drawing through the Drawing Explorer.

SectionPlaneSettings - Defines the properties of a section plane entity in the Drawing Explorer - Section Planes dialog.

Style - creates and modifies text style with the Drawing Explorer.

TableStyle - creates and edits table styles through the Drawing Explorer - Table Styles dialog box.

View - creates and sets named views through the Drawing Explorer.

VisualStyles - creates and controls visual style definitions in the Drawing Explorer.

Xref - attaches DWG files to the current drawing through the Drawing Explorer.