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title: "Intro to Beast Core Application Plugins"
slug: "intro-to-beast-core-applications"
updated: 2026-09-18T21:21:01Z
published: 2026-09-18T21:21:01Z
canonical: "support.beast-code.com/intro-to-beast-core-applications"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.beast-code.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Intro to Beast Core Application Plugins

Beast Core 6 supports different plugins, each with different functions and uses. Access these separate, but compatible features via the far-left icons or the left-hand navigation pane.

**Which Plugins Should I Use?**

Short answer, you’ll likely use every plugin in your customized bundle. Think of Beast Core as a tools and resources ecosystem that helps you understand a workspace or environment.

## How Do I Use Them?

### Use the 3D Viewer Settings Plugin to:

- Load 3D Models of your desired Component Groups into the 3D Viewer
- Change Opacity settings
- Change the color of Component Groups
- Adjust the viewer and/or pivot speed
- Show or hide the 3D Viewer Gizmo and/or Pivot Point
- Save or share a Scene

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/3D_Viewer_Gif28(1)(1).gif)

### Use the 3D Viewer to:

- View and interact with a 3D Model of a:
  - Platform
  - Component
  - Component Group

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/3D_Viewer_Gif29(1)(1).gif)

### Use the Document Viewer to:

- Open and view files associated with a platform, system, or component
- Search for and find a specific document

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/3D_Viewer_Gif30(1).gif)

### Use the Search plugin to:

- Find a specific component or document via a keyword search
- Load selected component(s)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/3D_Viewer_Gif31(1).gif)

### Use the Details Pane to:

Discover additional details about a *selected* component using the following icons:

- **Information** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-0BE1NXS5.png)
- **Connections** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-NNH4VBIP.png)
- **Documents** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-230YTKJ9.png)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/3D_Viewer_Gif32(2)(1).gif)

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> Your customized program may contain additional plugins.

A three dimensional representation of a real-life object. It could be a room, a component, a tool, etc.

A group of components, controls, and other equipment that collectively form a function (e.g., power, cooling).

Visibly solid; lacking transparency. By default, the 3D Viewer displays 3D Models as solid-looking objects with 100% opacity. Users can adjust the opacity percentage for the Hull *and* components in Beast Core v.6 or for the Hull only in Beast Core v.4.

The specific systems and components loaded into a particular 3D Model and the way these components are oriented on the **X**, **Y**, and **Z** axes from the user's vantage point.

Geometry, documents, and metadata aggregated together in workspace (i.e., relational database), such as a warehouse or ship.

A specific and defined piece of equipment or part within a system or a space.

A group of components, controls, and other equipment that collectively form a function (e.g., power, cooling)