Outline View

The Outline View is a utility view which provides both at tree view dedicated to a specific model (open in an editor) and a scaled thumbnail diagram representative of the diagram open in the corresponding Dagram Editor.

You can show the Outline View by clicking on it's tab. If there is no open editors, the view indicates the following:

Tree View

If an Model Editor is open, then the root of the displayed tree will be the model for the editor that is currently in focus in Dimension Designer (tab on top).

This tree view provides the same basic editing and navigation behavior as the VDB Explorer. One additional capability is the drag and drop feature which provides re-ordering and re-parenting of objects in a model.

Diagram Thumbnail View

The Outline View also offers you a way to view a thumbnail sketch of your diagram regardless of its size.

To view this diagram thumbnail from the Outline panel, click the Diagram Overview button at the top of the view. The diagram overview displays in the Outline View.

The view contains a thumbnail of your entire diagram. The shaded portion represents the portion visible in the Diagram Editor view.

To move to a specific portion of your diagram, click the shaded area and drag to the position you want displayed in the Diagram Editor view.

Related Topics

- VDB Explorer
- Diagram Editor
- Getting Started with Metamatrix Dimension

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