The Select Model Window
When you right-click the root node and choose Insert Components From () or right-click a Component node and choose Insert Physics From (), the Select Model window opens. You can also open it by right-clicking a Materials node and choosing Import Materials From () or by selecting Import Material From from the Import Materials menu in the Materials toolbar. You can also open it from the Global Definitions node, from the Geometry Parts submenu, by selecting Load Parts (); by right-clicking the Geometry Parts node if it exists, and choosing Load Part From (); or by selecting Load Part From from the Load Part menu in the Geometry toolbar’s Parts section.
In the Select Model window, you can choose from the following options:
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Click Clipboard () to select a database model when the clipboard contains a valid database model location string. Such a string can, for example, be obtained by selecting Copy Location from the context menu for a model in the Model Manager workspace.
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Click any available Model Manager database () to select a model from that database from which to insert components or physics. See Inserting Parts and Other Model Contents from Databases in the Model Manager Reference Manual. Also see the Model Manager Reference Manual for the buttons above the search field to refresh, show more, reset, and sort the search and to add filters for the model search.
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Click Add Database () to add a new database using the Add Database window that opens. See Adding Databases in the Model Manager Reference Manual.
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Click Browse () to open a file browsing dialog box (Interpolation Data, for example) and choose a location and filename of the model file to open.
Click Cancel () to exit this window.