The Items Manager lists all items within a design and provides several functions that can keep your design organized and help you make selections. For more information on the Items Manager, explore the sections below:
Accessing the Items Manager
Select at the top left to show or hide the Items Manager.
Accessing the Items Manager
Selectat the bottom the bottom to show or hide the Items Manager.
Select to pin a compact version of the Items Manager.
Accessing the Items Manager
Select at the top left to show or hide the Items Manager.
Items Manager icons and structure
Every sketch, body, plane, axis, image, and 2D Drawing you create in your project is defined as an item and is listed in the Items Manager. You can quickly identify the different types of items in the Items Manager panel by the icons displayed next to the item name.
See the table below for more information on the icons used in the Items Manager.
| Body | ||
| Sketch plane | ||
| Construction Plane or axis | ||
| Mesh | ||
| Image | ||
| Folder |
Items Manager Functions
In the Items Manager, you can:
Make selections
The Items Manager is another option to make selections in your design. You can define a selection set in the Items Manager panel and launch tools from the adaptive menu. To make selections easier, you can filter items in the Items Manager by selecting All Items at the top and choosing an item type.
For Windows and macOS, hold the CTRL or Command key to select more than one item, or the Shift key to select a range. For more information on making selections in Shapr3D, visit Selecting geometry.
Create and use folders
You can create folders in the Items Manager to organize your designs and group together selection sets. To create a folder, select at the bottom of the Items Manager.
Once a folder is created, you can add items to the folder using drag and drop.
Hide/show items
Each item in the Items Manager includes a Visibility icon that can be toggled to identify and control the visibility of design elements. Select to hide an item or
to show an item.
You can select the Visibility icons of folders to change the visibility of all items within a folder.
Adjust image opacity
You can adjust the opacity of an image from the Items Manager by clicking or tapping the percentage value beside the image to open the Opacity slider. Use this slider to adjust the transparency of the image.
Zoom to an item
You can zoom to an item from the Items Manager by tapping and holding an item with a pen or secondary clicking (right-clicking) with a pointer to an item, then selecting Zoom to (iPadOS or macOS) or Zoom to Selection (Windows).
Rename an item
You can rename an item from the Items Manager by tapping and holding an item with a pen or secondary clicking (right-clicking) with a pointer to an item, then selecting Rename.
Delete an item
You can rename an item from the Items Manager by tapping and holding an item with a pen or secondary clicking (right-clicking) with a pointer to an item, then selecting Delete.
Isolate an item
You can isolate an item from the Items Manager by tapping and holding an item with a pen or secondary clicking (right-clicking) with a pointer to an item, then selecting Isolate Item (iPadOS or macOS) or Isolate Selection (Windows). Select at the bottom of the Items Manager to exit Isolation mode.
For more information on using the Items Manager, check out the Items tutorial on our website.