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<a name = "hj-top"> </a><table class = "table1" id = "table11"><tr><td><table class = "DocHeader"><tr><td class = "DocHeader1" colspan = "2"><h1>Update</h1></td></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader4" colspan = "2"/></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader3" colspan = "2"><table class = "DocThemeIntro" id = "table12"><tr><td class = "Intro1Only"><p class = "header"><p class = "abstract">
    <span class = "shortdesc">The Update page lets you configure updates of your model geometry from CAD sources.</span>

    
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<p>This page discusses: </p><ul><li><a href = "#r-Views" id = "toc_rg" title = "This section lets you specify how actor visibility is stored in view definitions. This setting affects file size and load time, and also determines the visibility of new actors resulting from document updates.">Views</a></li><li><a href = "#r-Geometry" id = "toc_rg" title = "This section lets you configure geometry update.">Geometry</a></li></ul>
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  <article class = "topic reference nested1" aria-labelledby = "ariaid-title2" id = "r-Views">
    <h2 class = "title topictitle2">Views</h2>

    
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      <span class = "shortdesc">This section lets you specify how actor visibility is stored in view definitions. This setting affects file size and load time, and also determines the visibility of new actors resulting from document updates.</span>

      <p>The <span class = "keyword cmdname cmdname">Define actor visibility in views by</span> option applies to 

<span class = "ph uicontrol">File</span> &gt; 
<span class = "ph uicontrol">Update</span> &gt; 
<span class = "ph uicontrol">Composer Document</span> 
<img class = "image" src = "../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSFileUpdate.png" width = "13" height = "16"/> 
only, not 

<span class = "ph uicontrol">Geometry</span> &gt; 

<span class = "ph uicontrol">Update</span>
 
<img class = "image" src = "../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSGeometrySecure3DBrush.png" width = "16" height = "15"/>
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      <div class = "notes collapse"><span class = "run-in.notes">Notes:
    		</span><span class = "notecontent">
        <ul class = "ul">
          <li class = "li">This option also affects animation visibility (actor visibility at time=0).
</li>
          <li class = "li">This option does not affect custom views. Custom views that capture actor visibility always list visible actors.</li>
          <li class = "li">In all modes, ghosted actors are always listed in view definitions.</li>
        </ul>
      </span></div>

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      <table class = "table"><caption/><colgroup><col style = "width:33.33333333333333%"/><col style = "width:33.33333333333333%"/><col style = "width:33.33333333333333%"/></colgroup><thead class = "thead">
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              <th class = "entry" id = "r-Views__entry__1">Option</th>
              <th class = "entry" id = "r-Views__entry__2">Description</th>
              <th class = "entry" id = "r-Views__entry__3">Illustration</th>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__1">
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Define actor visibility in views by:</span>
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Visible actors</span>
              </td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__2">All visible geometry and collaborative actors are listed in view definitions. New actors resulting from document updates are hidden.</td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__3">
                <br/><img class = "image" src = "../CpsUserImages/VisibleActors.png" width = "134" height = "39"/><br/>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__1">
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Define actor visibility in views by:</span>
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Hidden actors</span>
              </td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__2">All hidden geometry and collaborative actors are listed in view definitions. New actors resulting from document updates are visible.
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__3">
                <br/><img class = "image" src = "../CpsUserImages/HiddenActors.png" width = "134" height = "40"/><br/>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__1">
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Define actor visibility in views by:</span>
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Visible assemblies</span>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__2">All visible collaborative actors are listed in view definitions, and geometry actors are listed as follows:
<ul class = "ul"><li class = "li">Visible assemblies are listed, but their subassemblies and parts are not. New actors resulting from document updates are visible (inherit assembly visibility).</li><li class = "li">Hidden assemblies are not listed, nor are their subassemblies and parts. New actors resulting from document updates are hidden.</li><li class = "li">Mixed-visibility assemblies are not listed, but their visible parts are. New actors resulting from document updates are hidden.</li></ul>For more compact view definitions, choose 
<span class = "ph uicontrol">Visible assemblies</span> or 
<span class = "ph uicontrol">Hidden assemblies</span>.
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__3">
                <br/><img class = "image" src = "../CpsUserImages/VisibleAssembly.png" width = "162" height = "174"/><br/>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__1">
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Define actor visibility in views by:</span>
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Hidden assemblies</span>
              </td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__2">All hidden collaborative actors are listed in view definitions, and geometry actors are listed as follows:
<ul class = "ul"><li class = "li">Hidden assemblies are listed in view definitions, but their subassemblies and parts are not. New actors resulting from document updates are hidden (inherit assembly visibility).</li><li class = "li">Visible assemblies are not listed in view definitions, nor are their subassemblies and parts. New actors resulting from document updates are visible.</li><li class = "li">Mixed-visibility assemblies are not listed in view definitions, but their hidden parts are. New actors resulting from document updates are visible.</li></ul></td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__3">
                <br/><img class = "image" src = "../CpsUserImages/HiddenAssembly.png" width = "162" height = "175"/><br/>
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      <div class = "section" id = "r-Views__rs-Legend"><h3 class = "title sectiontitle">Legend</h3>
        
        <p>The illustrations in the table above use these symbols:</p>
        <div class = "note collapse"><span class = "run-in.note">Note:
    		</span><span class = "notecontent"> The root assembly node never displays 
<img class = "image" src = "../CpsUserImages/CheckboxMixed.png" width = "15" height = "15"/>. To determine if the root node has mixed visibility, examine its children.
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              <th class = "entry" id = "r-Views__entry__16">Type of visibility</th>
              <th class = "entry" id = "r-Views__entry__17">Symbol used for existing actor</th>
              <th class = "entry" id = "r-Views__entry__18">Symbol used for new actor from update</th>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__16">
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Visible
</span>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__17">
                <br/><img class = "image" src = "../CpsUserImages/CheckboxEnabled.png" width = "16" height = "16"/><br/>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__18">
                <br/><img class = "image" src = "../CpsUserImages/CheckboxEnabledNew.png" width = "25" height = "25"/><br/>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__16">
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Hidden
</span>
              </td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__17">
                <br/><img class = "image" src = "../CpsUserImages/CheckboxDisabled.png" width = "15" height = "15"/><br/>
              </td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__18">
                <br/><img class = "image" src = "../CpsUserImages/CheckboxDisabledNew.png" width = "25" height = "25"/><br/>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__16">
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Mixed
</span>
              </td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__17">
                <br/><img class = "image" src = "../CpsUserImages/CheckboxMixed.png" width = "15" height = "15"/><br/>
              </td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Views__entry__18">N/A</td>
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  <article class = "topic reference nested1" aria-labelledby = "ariaid-title3" id = "r-Geometry">
    <p><map name = "FPMap1"><area href = "#hj-top" title = "Back to Top" shape = "rect" coords = "416, 0, 435, 10"/></map><span class = "itemsprite"/></p><h2 class = "title topictitle2">Geometry</h2>

    
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      <span class = "shortdesc">
This section lets you configure geometry update.</span>

      <p>These options apply to 
<span class = "ph menucascade"><span class = "ph uicontrol">Geometry</span><abbr title = "and then"> &gt; </abbr><span class = "ph uicontrol">Update <img class = "image" src = "../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSGeometrySecure3DBrush.png" width = "16" height = "15"/></span></span> 
only, not 
<span class = "ph uicontrol">File</span> &gt; 
<span class = "ph uicontrol">Update</span> &gt; 
<span class = "ph uicontrol">Composer Document</span> 
<img class = "image" src = "../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSFileUpdate.png" width = "13" height = "16"/>
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      <table class = "table frame-none"><caption/><colgroup><col/><col/></colgroup><thead class = "thead">
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              <th class = "entry" id = "r-Geometry__entry__1">Command Name</th>
              <th class = "entry" id = "r-Geometry__entry__2">Description</th>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Geometry__entry__1">
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Add new geometry</span>
              </td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Geometry__entry__2">Checks if new geometry actors have been created in the CAD file and converts them. The checks are based on CAD file names.</td>
            </tr>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Geometry__entry__1">
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Delete old geometry</span>
              </td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Geometry__entry__2">Checks if geometry actors have been deleted in the CAD file and deletes them in the Composer file. The checks are based on CAD file names.</td>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Geometry__entry__1">
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Modify geometry</span>
              </td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Geometry__entry__2">Updates all 3D geometry (not collaboration, points, and so on) no matter if changes have been made to the CAD file.</td>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Geometry__entry__1">
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">Check issued from</span>
              </td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Geometry__entry__2">Updates only actors from a CAD file with the same name as the update file.
For example, 
<span class = "ph filepath filepath">part1.sat</span> and 
<span class = "ph filepath filepath">part2.sat</span> are merged in Composer. To update only actors coming from 
<span class = "ph filepath filepath">part1.sat</span>, check this option. To consider actors from 
<span class = "ph filepath filepath">part2.sat</span>, clear this option.
<div class = "notes collapse"><span class = "run-in.notes">Notes:
    		</span><span class = "notecontent"><ul class = "ul"><li class = "li">This option is deprecated.
</li><li class = "li">This option is applicable to the following formats only: ACIS, IGS, STP, VDA, and Pro/ENGINEER.</li></ul></span></div>
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              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Geometry__entry__1">
                <span class = "ph uicontrol">All occurrences</span>
              </td>
              <td class = "entry" headers = "r-Geometry__entry__2">Looks for occurrences of the same actor in the Composer file and updates all of them. To update selected actors only, clear this option.
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