Use the Advanced Preferences to control how products are previewed and inserted into a drawing from the Explorer pane.
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From the Office menu select Preferences.
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Click the Preferences iconon the Office ribbon.
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Click Advanced on the left.
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Change any of the following, then click Apply.
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Preference |
Description |
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Insert |
This controls how products appear in the Preview Pane and how they are inserted into the drawing. You may choose to preview products in 3D or Plan View. |
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Units |
Check your preference of measurement units. |
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Prompt |
Check None, or check the prompts you want to appear when you drag and drop parts from Explorer into the drawing. For example, you may have Cap. Complete automatically prompt you to change the Tag of the item you are inserting into your drawing. |
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Block Preview |
Display Block Preview: Toggle the Explorer preview feature ON or OFF. If ON, Explorer displays a Preview of the part you have selected, in Plan View or 3D. Show Insertion Point: Toggles the Insertion Point feature ON or OFF. If ON, the preview window shows the Insertion Point as a yellow X (on lower left in drawings above). 2D Optimized (fastest), Wireframe, Hidden Line (slowest), Flat Shaded, Flat Shaded with Wireframe - these options are functional only if you have checked 3D View. They control appearance of the 3D preview in Explorer. |
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Restore last location in the content when using Insert Symbol |
Checked by default. Check this so that the Insert Symbol dialog box will remember the last selection made so you will not have to always start selecting from the manufacturer level. |
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Add non-Plan Item List table automatically to the drawing |
When at least one part exists in the Non-Plan Item list, display the NPIL table on the drawing. |