User Guide

SCENARIO BROWSER

The Scenario Browser is a useful tool for locating a specific platform, goal or group in a scenario

you are creating or editing. It is also valuable for reviewing and filtering objects in a large or

complicated scenario.

The Scenario Browser displays over the Object Properties Panel when no object is selected.The

top folder on every tab contains the scenario filename once the scenario is saved. Until the

scenario is saved the default text Unnamed Scenario appears after the yellow directory at the top

of all browser pages.

USING THE SCENARIO BROWSER

The names of objects are contained in folders on each tab.

• Click the – in front of a yellow folder to hide the names of all object names in that folder.

• Click the + in front of a folder open the folder and display the names of the objects contained in

the folder without selecting anything in the folder.

• Click a folder name to select the folder.

• Click an object name to select that object.

■ If the object’s Type, Group or Side is not hidden using the View filters the object’s icon is

highlighted on the map. Depending on your level of zoom,you may need to scroll or zoom in or

out to see the highlighted icon.

■ Selecting a specific object name on any tab page displays its Object Properties Panel pages.You

are returned to the page you were on the last time that object was selected.

■ Use selections in combination to further filter what is on the map. For instance,select Side 2 on

the Side tab and Surface on the Type tab to see only Side 2 surface ship icons on the map.

To return all object icons to the map:

• Click the filename text at the top of all pages to turn off all filters. Clicking on the filename on

any tab deselects all options on that tab and turns off that specific filter.

• From the Editor menu select View>Filters and place a check in front of all unchecked selections,

then click

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