Directory or file references are necessary so that individual parts can be found and displayed in 3Dfindit / PARTdataManager.

These references, in the form of display index files are pre-generated for catalog delivery.

The visible result is the product structure in 3Dfindit or the directory tree in PARTdataManager (see following figure).

Product structure in 3Dfindit

Product structure in PARTdataManager

Index updates (full text search index, geo search index [Geometrical search index], LinkDB search index )

In a new installation of standard and supplier catalogs, indices are already created.

Note When updating the software it is recommended to update the indices as well, in order to get full search functionality.

The storage location of the library directory (%CADENAS_DATA%) has been changed

Drives have been changed

Project file directories have been moved

Newly applied catalogs or catalog elements should be inserted into the directory tree.

Not (or no longer) needed components should be hidden in the index tree.

Older versions of newly installed and/or changed catalogs should be deleted or original files (backup files) should be created from current catalogs.

Catalogs shall be uninstalled.

Some other functions (see under Context menu commands)

Language selection

The search index is created for all available catalog languages. A language selection is not required.

Full-text search

Per catalog only one full-text search index exists that manages all languages in a file.

Pre-generated index

By default, delivered catalogs always contain a pre-generated index for the full-text search [Full-text search] and the geometric search [Geometric Search].

No interruption of work

During updates of indices no running applications have to be closed.

Progress indicator for Index update

The executed actions run in the background and are processed in a list. In other words, you can start several actions successively.

When starting PARTdataManager the system checks whether all indices are available without errors. If not, a corresponding message is displayed.

Message "Missing search indexes [Missing search indexes] " in PARTdataManager