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title: "Platform Selector"
slug: "platform-selector"
updated: 2026-01-20T14:02:04Z
published: 2026-01-20T14:02:04Z
canonical: "support.beast-code.com/platform-selector"
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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.

# Platform Selector

The Platform Selector allows you to choose from a list of available platforms (or workspaces) such as ships, aircraft and buildings.

## Select a Platform

Upon launch and after accepting the Consent Banner, Beast Core opens on the Platform Selector.

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

Follow the steps below to select and load a Platform to interact with. The process is illustrated in the animation above.

1. Under **Select A Platform** (left-hand side), choose the platform you’d like to interact with. You’ll notice a red indicator to the left of your selection.
2. Under **Platform Options**, you’ll notice an **Include Hull** option.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-NM2MRA03.png)
  - Check the box to include the Hull, or leave it unchecked to exclude it from your platform.

**What happens when you select **Include Hull**?**

The **Include Hull** option allows you to see the outer container of the workspace (e.g., the hull of a ship or the walls, roof, and floor of a warehouse).

If the word **Hull** doesn’t make sense for your workspace, it can be reconfigured to better define the container.

- For example: If your workspace is a warehouse, **Hull** can be changed to **Walls**.

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> Hull Opacity settings can be changed in Beast Core Viewer » Viewer Tools.
> 
> - See this [Viewer Tools Pane](/beast-core/docs/viewer-tools-system-viewer) article to learn more

1. Under **Systems**, you’ll notice the available Component Group options specific to your selected platform.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/systems on load menu BC4.png)
  - For example, an aircraft platform could include system options like:
    - Fuel
    - Hydraulics
    - Landing Gear
2. Check the box next to your desired system(s) to import the associated visualizations into Beast Core Viewer.
  - This allows you to visualize and interact with 3D representations of system equipment
    - To include all systems, check the box next to **Select All** at the top of the list
  - Think of systems as a common grouping of Components
    - For example, a Freshwater Cooling system would include the pipes, pumps, and valves that comprise the entire system

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> You must include at least one **system** to view your platform.

1. When you’ve made all selections outlined above, click **Load** to view your platform.
  - Or, click **Cancel** to exit

A message on the Beast Core landing page that explains the conditions for using the program. You must accept these conditions to access program content.

Allows for the selection of which workspace (relational database) to load into the 3D Viewer.

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

A term that describes the container that houses a user's virtual workspace (e.g., a warehouse structure, the outer framework of a ship or car).

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.

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

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