With the Cloud Navigator, you can perform complex search sequences and keep an eye on the individual results.

Individual result parts can be base of a new search.

Initially, all methods except for the color search can be used in the project selection [Project selection] in the dialog area of the search methods.

Full text search [Full-text search] | Variable search [Variables search] | Geometric search (3D) | Sketch search (2D) | Topology search

The search is then started by clicking on Start Cloud Navigator.

The search results appear as a graph on the CloudNavigator.

Restrictions: Only one search method can be used for a single search run in the Cloud Navigator. Different methods can of course be used in succession. If, for example, full text search [Full-text search] plus variable search [Variables search] is activated, a corresponding message appears.

Further searches can be started based on result parts in the graph.

Geosearch [GeoSearch] | Text search | Directory search [Folder Search] | Inspiration search [Inspiration Search] | Price search Google [Price Search Google] | All values in LinkDB | Classification search [Classification Search]

You will find the call commands in the context menu of each result node.

You can find detailed information on this under Section 3.1.6.11.3, “Search methods / Context menu commands”.

In the case of the variable search [Variables search] and the topology search [Topology search], the search can be modified and executed as a variant. The call is made via the root node itself. See Section 3.1.6.11.1.2, “ CloudNavigator example - variable search and modification side by side” and Section 3.1.6.11.1.3, “ CloudNavigator example - Topology search: Compare similar searches directly” for more information.

You can switch between standard search and Cloud Navigator search [Cloud Navigation Search] at any time, allowing you to combine the advantages of both methods without any disadvantages.

You can use the context menu commands under General context [Common context] to start searches in standard mode from the Cloud Navigator.

Table variables can also be used in the course of a full text search [Full-text search]. See the following illustration. Detailed information on this can be found at Section 3.1.6.4.3, “ Full-text search ”.

The central settings under Search in.... by [for] apply to searches in CloudNavigator as well as to standard searches.

The component comparison [Part comparison] dialog box can be docked in the Cloud Navigator search in the same way as in the standard search.

See under Section 3.1.6.11.1.1, “ CloudNavigator example - text search and geo search with component comparison”.

The CloudNavigator tab page is always displayed, even before a search has been performed. This means you can access the Load graph [Load Graph...]... (from file) function at any time.