### Using the Graphic Window

This icon displays the Graphic Window. The primary goal behind the Graphic Window is to provide you with the same functionality you used to have when setting up the CAD model in the legacy Dataview product. This window lets you easily define in advance the CAD orientation, zoom level, and what features will be displayed in the main CAD object in the CAD tab. The window contains tools to select and display features based on vector, window position, tolerance percent, deviation and so forth; you can then append or apply the selection to the CAD tab.

If you don't use this window, Datapage+ defaults to showing the Z+ view of the CAD model in the CAD tab and you will have to modify the CAD object on each page manually.

Graphic Window

This window contains the following items:

Show Features area. This area lets you show features in the Graphic Window that meet the selected criteria. You can then use the Select button to select the shown features from the side bar. Shown features are indicated with a small colored ball drawn in your dimension colors. The colored balls provide you with a way to visually see what features are in or out of tolerance.

- By vector - This check box lets you show features by a selected vector. It shows only those features that use the same vector as the one defined.

- By window area - This check box lets you show features based on their location in this window. Imagine that an invisible overlay covers the CAD view in this Graphic Window, thereby dividing it into four quadrants, like this:
  A - Top-Left
  B - Top-Right
  C - Bottom-Left
  D - Bottom-Right.
  For example, if you select Bottom-Right then the software only shows those features that are within that quadrant.

- By tolerance percent (%) - This check box lets you show features based on a tolerance percentage range. The range is greater than or equal to the value of the left box and less then or equal to the value in the second box.

- By deviation - This check box lets you show features based on a tolerance percentage range. The range is greater than or equal to the value of the left box and less then or equal to the value in the second box.

- Clip Region - This clips the region of the CAD object to display only the region containing the shown features.

- All - This shows all the features, regardless of the zoom level.

- All in window - This shows only those features that could be displayed in the window given the CAD image's current zoom level and location.

- Show Features - This button shows the features in the this Graphic Window based on the items you selected above.

Select - This selects the features in the Feature Variable side bar using the criteria in the Show Features area.

Apply to - This applies the selected features and the CAD model's pan, zoom, and rotation state to the CAD model, replacing any existing pages in the CAD tab.

Apply to all - This applies the selected features to all the tabs (except the Report tab), replacing whatever is there.

Append to - This appends the selected features and the CAD model's pan, zoom, and rotation state to the CAD tab, adding the selected content as additional pages.

Close - This closes the Graphic Window.

Also, the Graphic Window works closely with its right-click shortcut menu which is described in detail in the "Right-click Shortcut Menus" topic.

Process to Define the CAD and Selected Features

To define the CAD's pan, zoom, and rotation state, and to select features for display, do the following:

1. Access the Graphic Window.

2. Right-click on the CAD image in this window.

3. From the shortcut menu, choose the desired orientation of the CAD model (X+, X-, Y+, Y-, Z+, or Z-).

4. Right-click again.

5. From the shortcut menu, choose to display the CAD model as a Solid or a Wireframe. The default shows the CAD as a solid.

6. Pan, zoom, and rotate the model as desired.

7. Do one of the following to select the features to display:

- Select the desired features from the side bar manually or by using variable sets.

- Use the Show Features area to show the features you want to display and then click Select to select them from the side bar.

8. Click Apply to from the Graphic window.

9. Now, repeat the above and click Append to if you want a different view or different features.