Details Pane Overview

Use the Details Pane plugin to gather additional information while inspecting a component.

Select a Component to Research

• Select a specific component in another application prior to accessing the Details Pane plugin.

  • Refer to these articles for additional information:

    • View Details Pane alongside 3D Viewer

    • View Details Pane alongside Search App

  NOTE

  If you forget to select a component first, an opened Details Pane:

  • Displays NO COMPONENT SELECTED in the upper left corner

  • Prompts you to select a component

    

Open the Details Pane

Beast Core 6 provides multiple ways to access the Details Pane, including:

• Selecting Show Component Details on another application’s pop-up Action Menu

  

• Selecting Details Pane on the drop-down menu at the top of the left-hand content pane

  

NOTE

To open the Details Pane on your main screen:

• Ensure you have a component selected in another application

• Use any of these options:

  • Click the (far-left) Outline icon

  • Click the Expand button at the top of the left-hand content pane

  • Select the Details Pane option on the left-hand navigation pane

    

Explore Details Pane Display Options

Use the icons at the top of the Details Pane to select the type of component information you want to view.

• Information icon (default)

  • Displays your selected component’s name and associatedmetadata

• Connections icon

  • Identifies other components with direct connections to your selected component

• Documents icon

  • Lists available PDFs associated with your selected component

    NOTE

    If your selected component has an associated diagram, it will be included in the list of associated documents on the Documents pane.