3.1.6.10.1. Call part comparison / Taking over parts into part comparison

In the following you can see different ways to call the part comparison, to take over parts into the part comparison:

You can transfer components to the component comparison using drag & drop:
1. From the Part selection tab page (Modes Symbols , Details ) such as search results [Search results] (modes Symbols , Details Table .
2. From the Parts view [Part view] tab page, from the table. (This eliminates the need to adjust the characteristic in the part comparison later)
  
  Example
Simply select the desired part or the desired table row and drag the cursor over the Part comparison tab while holding down the mouse button.
-> As soon as you are above the tab, the cursor symbol changes changes and the component is loaded in the component comparison.
There are 2 different modes:
- If you release the mouse button over the Part comparison tab within a second, the part is accepted, but there is no switch to the part comparison, so that you can select further parts, for example.
- If you remain on the Component comparison [Part comparison] tab for longer than one second, the system switches to the component comparison. If you now release the mouse button, the component is transferred to the component comparison.
You can transfer components to the component comparison using the context menu command.
You will find the corresponding context menu commands both in the standard search and in the cloud map search.

Standard search, cloud map [Cloud Map] search

You will find the corresponding context menu commands in all display modes:

Display modes: Symbols, details [Details], table [Table], cloud map [Cloud Map], partition map [Partition Map]
Examples:
- Load part in symbol mode [Symbols] via context menu command
- Load component in standard search, in Details mode [Details] via context menu command
  
  At lines which have been added to the part comparison the respective icon is displayed.
- Load part from part view [Part view] -> table [Table] via context menu command
- Load part from part view [Part view] -> 3D view via context menu command
- Load part from "Cloud Map" search
- Load part from "Partition Map" search

On the Search results tab page, in Details mode, buttons are displayed when you move the mouse over rows.

The number of displayed buttons depends on the context.

	Open:	Click on the icon to open the part in the parts view [Part view] of PARTdataManager opens
	Load as 1st component [Load as first part]
	Load as 2nd component [Load as second part]
	Add to component comparison [Add to part compare]	In the tabular comparison, you can click on the icon / Icon to load parts into the 3D or 2D view.
	Compare with search part [Compare to search-part]	The command is only available for search results and if a Geometric search (3D), Unmachined part search [Search for unmachined parts] or Classification 2.0 search was previously carried out. The selected part is loaded as a 2nd project in direct comparison to the search part.
	This component is loaded in the component comparison [This part is loaded in part compare]	If a component has been loaded into the component comparison, this icon appears at the beginning of the line on the left.
	Transfer to CAD [Export to CAD]:	The icon is only displayed for individual parts (characteristics), not for part families. Click on the icon to transfer the relevant part to CAD.

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