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title: "Quick Guide"
slug: "quick-guide-to-beast-core-6"
updated: 2026-07-15T16:45:01Z
published: 2026-07-15T16:45:01Z
canonical: "support.beast-code.com/quick-guide-to-beast-core-6"
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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.

# Quick Guide

Find categorized and hyperlinked Beast Core knowledge base articles, all in one place.

> [!NOTE]
> **Application Plugins**
> 
> - 3D Viewer Settings
> - 3D Viewer
> - Details Pane
> - Document Viewer
> - Search
> - Learning
> 
> **Editing Tools**
> 
> - Component Processor
> - Document Processor
> - Geometry Processor
> - Workspace Configuration

## Getting Started in Beast Core

| [Minimum Specifications](/beast-core/docs/minimum-specifications-beast-core-6) - View the minimum hardware needed to run Beast Core on your device, HMI options, and recommended network speed. |  |
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| [How to Login to Beast Core](/beast-core/docs/personal-log-in) - View the steps for signing in with SSO (Single Sign On) or manual username and password entry. |  |
| [Platform Selector](/beast-core/docs/platform-selector-screen) - Displays after the Consent Banner landing page when a user’s Beast Core application contains more than one Platform option. |  |
| [Intro to Beast Core Application Plugins](/beast-core/docs/intro-to-beast-core-applications) - Learn how to access Beast Core’s compatible **Application** plugins and when to use them. |  |
| [Navigation Pane: Application Menu](/beast-core/docs/app-selector-menu) - Access plugins via navigation icons or their full-text names on the left-hand navigation or content pane. |  |
| [Content Pane](/beast-core/docs/left-hand-content-pane) - Learn how to open and interact with an available plugin alongside a different plugin already open on the main screen. |  |
| [Access and Use Action Menu Options](https://support.beast-code.com/docs/access-and-use-action-menu-options) - Learn how to interact with the Action Menu across plugins. |  |
| [Toggle Between Light and Dark Background Modes](/beast-core/docs/toggle-between-light-and-dark-mode) - Access the background selection menu to set your desired preference. |  |

#### 

## Application Plugins

#### 3D Viewer

| [Navigate Your Workspace](/beast-core/docs/navigating-your-workspace) - Learn how to use your keyboard and mouse to navigate your workspace. |
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| [Interact with Components and Systems](/beast-core/docs/interact-with-components-and-systems) - Select an **Action Menu** option to gather additional information about a selected Component. |
| [Zoom to Component](/beast-core/docs/zoom-to-component) - Use this feature to move quickly to a close-up view of a selected component. |
| [Open 3D Viewer Inside the Content Pane](/beast-core/docs/open-3d-viewer-in-the-content-pane) - Use this option to increase the size of your viewing window, especially when viewing large geometry. |

#### 3D Viewer Settings

| [Load Your Workspace](/beast-core/docs/load-your-workspace) - On the **Groups** tab, select the Component Groups or component groups you want to visualize in an interactive 3D Model. |
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| [Adjust Camera Preferences](/beast-core/docs/adjust-camera-preferences) - Change your vantage point of a loaded 3D Model via camera preference settings. |
| [Change Opacity Settings](/beast-core/docs/change-opacity-settings) - Learn how and when to change system and component group Opacity settings to customize your 3D Model viewing. |
| [Adjust Visualizations Using the Visualizer](/beast-core/docs/adjust-visualizations-using-the-visualizer) - View loaded systems in different static colors, visualize system flow patterns, or adjust system colors. |
| [Save or Upload Scenes](/beast-core/docs/loading-scenes) - Save and upload 3D Scenes that support your specific viewing and collaboration needs. |
| [Rename a Custom Component Group](/beast-core/docs/rename-your-custom-component-group) - Rename a newly created custom component group in its editable textbox on the 3D Viewer → **Groups** tab. |

#### Details Pane

| [Details Pane Overview](/beast-core/docs/details-pane-layout-and-navigation) - Use the Details Pane to gather additional information while inspecting a component. |
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| [Details Pane Information Tab](/beast-core/docs/information-pane) - View specific metadata relevant to a selected component. |
| [Details Pane Connections Tab](/beast-core/docs/connections-pane) - View information about the component(s) that directly connect to a selected component. |
| [Details Pane Documents Tab](/beast-core/docs/documents-pane) - Locate available documents relevant to a selected component. |
| [View Details Pane alongside 3D Viewer](/beast-core/docs/access-details-pane-alongside-3d-viewer) - Simultaneously view a modeled component and gather additional component information. |
| [View Details Pane alongside Search](/beast-core/docs/access-details-pane-alongside-search-app) - Simultaneously view the search results list and additional information about a selected component. |

#### Document Viewer

| [Navigate the Document Viewer](/beast-core/docs/navigating-the-document-viewer) - Select a document to open, then use Document Viewer toolbar options to interact with the document. |
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| [Search in Document Viewer](/beast-core/docs/search-in-document-viewer) - Use the Document Viewer Search feature to find content related to a specific keyword within a loaded document. |
| [Print a Document or Save as PDF](/beast-core/docs/print-a-document-or-save-as-pdf) - Select the printer icon on the Document toolbar and follow the *Print* menu and *Save As* prompts. |
| [Download and View a Document](/beast-core/docs/download-and-view-a-document) - View a downloaded document in its native viewing application. |

#### Search

| [Search Overview](/beast-core/docs/search-overview) - Learn about the Search plugin’s powerful, easy-to-use functionality. |
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| [Component Search Results - Display Differences](/beast-core/docs/component-search-display-differences) - View search results on the main screen or in the expandable left-hand content pane. |
| [Search for Components](/beast-core/docs/component-search) - Perform a (default) **Components** tab search to find specific component metadata. |
| [Search for Documents](/beast-core/docs/search-documents) - Locate an available document via a keyword search on the **Documents** tab. |
| [Configure a Search Results Table](/beast-core/docs/configure-a-search-results-table) - Control how a search results table displays (e.g., hide, show, or group data columns; choose a preset option). |
| [Filter Search Results](/beast-core/docs/filter-search-results) - Reduce the number of table rows (i.e., unique search results) on a search results table for more streamlined viewing. |
| [Load Components Via Search](/beast-core/docs/loading-components-via-search) - Use the convenient **Action Menu** to load a 3D Model of a searched component into the 3D Viewer. |
| [Create a Custom Component Group](/beast-core/docs/create-a-custom-component-group) - Save a selected group of searched components for later viewing in a loadable 3D Model. |

#### Learning

| [Lessons Dashboard](https://support.beast-code.com/docs/learning) - Learn about the landing page for the Learning plugin. |
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| [In-Lesson Actions](/beast-core/docs/in-lesson-actions) - Learn about how to navigate through a lesson and the menu options therein. |
| [3D Viewer Card](https://support.beast-code.com/docs/3d-viewer-card) - Learn about 3D Viewer card and view a use case for it. |
| [Avatar Card](/beast-core/docs/avatar-card) - Learn about the Avatar card and view a use case for it. |
| [Award Points Card](https://support.beast-code.com/docs/award-points-card) - Learn about the Award Points card and view a use case for it. |
| [Chapter Card](https://support.beast-code.com/docs/chapter-card) - Learn about the Chapter card and view a use case for it. |
| [Custom Background Card](/beast-core/docs/custom-background-card) - Learn about the Custom Background card and view a use case for it. |
| [Decision Card](/beast-core/docs/decision-card) - Learn about the Decisions card and view a use case for it. |
| [Find Card](/beast-core/docs/find-card) - Learn about the Find card and view a use case for it. |
| [Go To Card](/beast-core/docs/go-to-card) - Learn about the Go To card and view a use case for it. |
| [Highlight Component Card](/beast-core/docs/highlight-component-card) - Learn about the Highlight Component card and view a use case for it. |
| [Information Card](/beast-core/docs/information-card) - Learn about the Information card and view a use case for it. |
| [Play Audio Card](/beast-core/docs/play-audio-card) - Learn about the Play Audio card and view a use case for it. |
| [Quiz Card](/beast-core/docs/quiz-card) - Learn about the Quiz card and view a use case for it. |
| [Set Alignment Card](/beast-core/docs/set-alignment-card) - Learn about the Set Alignment card and view a use case for it. |
| [Set Flag Card](/beast-core/docs/set-flag-card) - Learn about the Set Flag card and view a use case for it. |
| [Set State Card](/beast-core/docs/set-state-card) - Learn about the Set State card and view a use case for it. |
| [Stop Audio Card](/beast-core/docs/stop-audio-card) - Learn about the Stop Audio card and view a use case for it. |
| [Settings Tab](https://support.beast-code.com/docs/edit-lessons) - Learn about the Settings tab and how to edit existing lessons using it. |
| [Track Tab](https://support.beast-code.com/docs/track-tab) - Learn about the Track tab and how to edit existing lessons using it. |
| [Media Tab](https://support.beast-code.com/docs/media-tab) - Learn about the Media tab and how it’s used in conjunction with lessons. |
| [Question Pools](https://support.beast-code.com/docs/question-bank) - Learn about the Question Pools in the Question Bank tab and how to edit, create or delete new Pools. |
| [Create and Edit Quiz Questions](https://support.beast-code.com/docs/adding-questions-to-question-pools) - Learn how to create, edit or delete quiz questions in the Question Bank tab. |

## Editing Tools

#### Component Processor

| [Getting Started - Component Processor](/beast-core/docs/getting-started-component-processor) - Navigate the Component Processor; learn where to add/modify workspace component data. |
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| [Components Tab Search](/beast-core/docs/components-tab) - Locate and view component metadata by selecting the **Components** tab and using the search by keyword feature. |
| [Export and Import Component Metadata](/beast-core/docs/importing-and-exporting-component-metadata) - Add/modify component metadata via the Export to CSV and Import From CSV buttons. |
| [Modify Component Data on the Details Pane](/beast-core/docs/modifying-component-data-on-the-details-pane) - Make *minor* data modifications on a specific component’s editable Details Pane. |
| [Documents Tab Search](/beast-core/docs/documents-tab) - Locate component documentation by selecting the **Documents** tab and using the search by keyword feature. |
| [Use Search with Component Processor](/beast-core/docs/using-search-with-component-processor) - Use the built-in Search feature to retrieve stored component metadata or documentation. |

#### Document Processor

| [Getting Started - Document Processor](/beast-core/docs/document-processor-getting-started) - Navigate the Document Processor; explore Add Document, Delete Document and Search features. |
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| [Find an Existing Document](/beast-core/docs/find-an-existing-document) - Find an uploaded document via the built-in Search feature or in the displayed file information columns. |
| [View an Available Document](/beast-core/docs/view-a-document) - Left click the **Ellipsis** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-0JU2Y2F5.png) icon beside a document’s title; select *Open Document* on the pop-up **Action Menu**. |
| [Add a New Document](/beast-core/docs/add-a-new-document) - Follow these easy steps to upload a PDF document to the Document Processor. |

#### Geometry Processor

| [Getting Started - Geometry Processor](/beast-core/docs/getting-started-geometry-processor) - Learn how to upload/manage model and component files relevant to a specific platform in Beast Core. |
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| [Change Assigned System Names](/beast-core/docs/creating-and-assigning-system-names) - Learn how to change *“default”* system names by exporting, editing, saving, and importing a CSV file. |
| [Delete Geometry Files](/beast-core/docs/how-to-delete-files) - Learn ways to delete geometry files no longer needed to support a Platform. |
| [Upload Geometry Files](/beast-core/docs/how-to-upload-geometry-files) - Use the Geometry Processor to upload your own 3D data files and assign each to a specific system. |

#### Workspace Configuration

| [Getting Started - Workspace Configuration](/beast-core/docs/getting-started-workspace-configuration) - Customize a selected workspace and configure how information displays for end users. |
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| [Banner Configuration](/beast-core/docs/banner-configuration) - Add security or custom Banners that display at the top and bottom of the main screen, or hide the banner from view. |
| [Component Details Configuration](/beast-core/docs/component-detail-configuration) - Label component Attribute information on the **Component Details** page for optimal readability and usefulness. |
| [Platform Details Configuration](/beast-core/docs/platform-details) - Access editable fields for modifying a selected platform’s Title, Subtitle, Description, and Platform Image. |

Gives you an omnipotent bird's eye view of the workspace.

An interface that displays all documentation and diagrams associated with a selected component.

Converts files from standard formats for use in Beast Core.

Human Machine Interface - a user interface that allows a person to interact with a machine, system, or process.

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.

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)

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

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.

Metadata is data that describes other data. It can include information about the creation, structure, and access of data.

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

Premade or custom made, Banners are an option that can be added in Learning Editor. Most often, Banners are used to show the classification level of the subject matter.

The detail(s) and relevant data that is associated with a model.