Access and Use Action Menu Options

Access Action Menu options in the 3D Viewer, Details Pane, Search, and Document Viewer plugins to explore modeled components or related documentation in greater detail. Beast Core automatically opens the associated plugin (unless already open) and performs your requested action.

Where to Access Action Menus

In the 3D Viewer

1. Load your desired Systems or Component groups into the 3D Viewer on the 3D Viewer Settings plugin → Groups tab.

   • Component groups will initially load in grayscale

   • Left click the color palette beside a loaded component group to access color options

   • Assigned color designations display to the left of the loaded component group names

     

2. When your 3D Model loads, left click into the 3D Viewer window to enter Crosshair mode.

3. Place the crosshair on a desired component model and left click to select.

4. The pop-up Action Menu displays automatically.

   

In the Details Pane

On the Connections tab:

• Left click the Ellipsis button to the right of a listed connection to open its Action Menu

  

  

On the Documents tab:

• Left click the Ellipsis button beside a listed document title to open the Action Menu

  

In the Search Plugin

On an active search results table:

• Left click the Ellipsis button in the Actions column of a desired component or document’s table row to open the Action Menu

  

  

• Or left click the button in the lower right corner to access Action Menu option(s) you can apply to multiple search results

  • Action menu options for all listed search results

    

  • Action menu options for selected search results

    

In the Document Viewer

1. Select the Diagrams document directory, then select an available diagram to open.

   

2. Left click any highlighted part name in the diagram to access the Action Menu.

   

   

Default Action Menu Behavior

1. Select a desired Action Menu option.

2. The program conducts your requested action for the currently selected item only.

3. Select a different component model, search result, or document to open a new Action Menu.

   

Pinned Action Menu Behavior

1. Left click the thumbtack icon beside a desired Action Menu option to make it the default selection for your current session.

   

   • A selected thumbtack icon changes to solid white

     

     NOTE

     This action preempts the Action Menu and automatically forwards hints to a specific action.

     Beast Core will perform the currently pinned action for each newly selected component model, search result, or document without reopening the Action Menu.

2. A pop-up notification confirms your pinned menu option:

   

   • This notification closes automatically after a few seconds

     • Left click the X to close sooner

3. While an action is pinned, a floating toolbar in the lower right corner displays:

   

   • The name of the pinned action and a thumbtack icon

     • Left click the thumbtack to unpin this action

   • A button

     • Left click to reopen or close the Action Menu

   • An Ellipsis button

     • Left click the Ellipsis, then left click the pop-up Hide button to hide the floating toolbar (especially if it obstructs the horizontal scroll bar within an open diagram)

4. If you left click an item that requires a different type of action than the one currently pinned, a new Action Menu opens.

5. To unpin an Action Menu option:

   • Left click the thumbtack icon on the floating toolbar in the lower right corner

   • Or select a different Beast Core plugin icon:

     • On the far left side of the screen

     • Or in the left-hand content pane’s drop-down menu

       • A notification in the lower right corner alerts that the pinned Action Menu option “has been removed due to navigation”

         

6. When no action is pinned, the Action Menu reverts to its default behavior of bringing up a new Action Menu each time you left click a component, search result, or document title.

Pin an Action - Use Case

SCENARIO

You want to conduct a virtual walkthrough of a certain system via hyperlinks on a diagram.

1. Load your desired system into the 3D Viewer on the 3D Viewer Settings plugin → Groups tab.

2. In the left-hand content pane, open the Document Viewer from the drop-down menu in the upper left corner.

3. Left click the expand button at the top of the content pane to move the Document Viewer to the main screen, then resize the document page to your preference.

   • The 3D Viewer is now visible in the content pane

   • To enlarge the content pane:

     • Hover over the right side of the pane until a solid blue vertical line appears

     • Left click and drag the blue line to the right

4. In the document viewer, select the Diagrams directory, then select a diagram of the same system you have open in the 3D Viewer.

   

5. Left click on a highlighted component on the diagram.

6. On the pop-up Action Menu, left click the thumbtack next to the Zoom to Component option.

   

7. A pin notification is visible for a few seconds, and a floating toolbar appears at the bottom of the screen.

8. The camera Zooms to the selected component in 3D Viewer (in the left-hand content pane).

9. Left click another system component on the open diagram in the Document Viewer.

10. Because Zoom to Component is the pinned action, the camera automatically zooms to the newly selected component in the 3D Viewer without reopening the Action Menu.

    

11. Repeat Step 9 until the virtual system walkthrough is complete.