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Configuration view

The extension also comes with a configurator to view your local data. The configurator updates automatically whenever a file is saved and allows you see your changes immediately.

Open the configurator​

There are multiple ways to open a configurator.

Light bulb quick action​

The extension provides a quick action for every factory product. You can find the quick action in the light bulb menu when your cursor is active within a product definition. Choose the Configure product option after clicking on the light bulb.

Afterwards a menu will open at the top of the screen allowing you to choose the configuration you want to open product in. You can either create a new configuration with it's data being provided locally or by the created, or alternatively add the product to any existing, opened configuration.

Command palette​

There are also commands that you can execute through the command palette to create a new configuration view. You can open the command palette using the key F1 or through the combination CMD + Shift + P or CTRL + Shift + P depending on your system.

The actions Open configuration view (Creator) and Open configuration view (Local) can be used to create a new configurator instance.

Aditionally there is also a command to restore recent configurations. You can use this command to reopen configurations that were used in the last 30 days and those that have been marked as permanent.

Configurator UI​

Catalog​

The catalog allows you add more products to the scene. It always consists of three levels.

Scope level​

This level lists all the scopes that have been detected for the directory you have opened in vscode.

A click on a scope shows it's list of factory files.

Factory files level​

This list contains entries for all factory files, that include at least one product, for the selected scope.

Products level​

On this level you can click on product names to add them to the scene.

Actions and property page​

This page primarily provides a property editor to configure the commercial attributes of the selected product. The attributes are loaded using the configured commercial backend in the ig.Creator.

Additionally this page provides an action to open the current state of the selected product in blender, if blender is configured.

Configuration profiles​

You may also use configuration profiles to save a snapshot of the configuration of a product. You can reapply the snapshot later to the same or other products within your workspace.

Basket/List of created products​

This basket lists the products that are currently in use in the scene. You can click on a product to select it or use the trash can to delete it.

Configuration settings​

Here you can configure some settings for the configuration. You can set a custom name to change the title of the browser and to change the name of the configuration in list of configuration of the restore command.

The first time you configure a name for a configuration, you will automatically mark it as a permanent configuration.

Using the checkbox underneath you can manually set wether a configuration should be kept permanently. Configurations, that are not kept permanently, will be deleted thirty days after they have been last used.