Drag and Drop Operations

Drag and drop file(s) (from the Cimatron Explorer Manager View or any other external browser) into a Cimatron window. Dragged files may either be Cimatron files or external format files (that you have a license to read).

Drag and drop into either:

• An empty Cimatron window (with no file open). This opens the dragged file immediately.

• An open part file. This opens the dragged file immediately.

• An open assembly file. This either opens the file or adds it to the assembly, depending on your defined Drag and Drop Preference option.

When adding a file to the assembly, this automatically invokes the Add Component function and skips to the 2nd stage, with the 1st stage being filled with the dragged file. In the open assembly file:

• If the main assembly or a sub-assembly are active, the dragged file will be added to them.

• If a part is active, the dragged file is added one level above the active part.

• When dragging external format files (that you are licensed to read), this converts the imported file into the Cimatron format using the default import settings (flavor and parameter settings) and Data Interference Preference for the specific external format.

• External format files are added based on the Data Interface Preference settings (Modeling and Drafting checkboxes). For example, DXF and DWG files are added as Drafting files by default, unless your settings are such that they should be imported as Modeling.

This applies for Drag and Drop operations and also for external format files that are directly imported using the Add Component function.

• When dragging several external format files that open as Drafting files in Cimatron, only one Drafting file is opened; therefore, such files should be dragged one at a time.