ARCWAY Cockpit

Introduction to InfoLink View

The InfoLink View displays the selected plan elements and its InfoLinks, that is, the associated project data items.

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What do I see here?

InfoLink View

The picture above shows a sample of the InfoLink View. You can see that the information is displayed in a tree. What you see is the following:

1 - Plan Elements

At the first level of the tree you can see the plan element that is, or the plan elements that currently are selected in the Editor. Expand it, to see its InfoLinks and related information.

2 - InfoLink Types

In the second level of the tree you see the various types of InfoLinks. Expand them, to see the InfoLinks of that type.

3 - InfoLinks

In the third level, finally, you see the actual InfoLinks. If you click on an InfoLink, its details will be displayed in the Details View.

4 - InfoLinks of the Contained Components of the Plan Element

The entry Linked to Component: shows all InfoLinks that are linked to the contained components of the current plan element. The components of a plan element are those plan elements which are contained in a plan element on a plan in the projekt.

5 - InfoLinks of the Enclosing Plan Element

In addition to the InfoLinks of the current plan element you can also see the InfoLinks of the enclosing plan elements, that is, those plan elements which contain the current plan element on a plan of the project.

What is offered here?

In this view you can display InfoLinks of a project data item or a plan element. You can individually adapt the amount of displayed information and remove unnecessary links.

Toolbar

With the first button (1) you are able to remove selected links. In addition to the InfoLinks of the current plan element you are able to display links to the contained or containing construction elements by means of the second button (2).
The third button (3) enables to filter the displayed information according to the criteria that were defined in the Project Data Views.
When clicking on the arrow on the right side (4) a menu opens where you can choose which Project Data is to be displayed.