Tips & Tricks: DataPrep - 2 Must-Have Commands to Add in Your Action Bar

Dear DataPrep user,

In order to be more efficient in your Data Preparation process, I would recommend to customize your DataPrep action bar section with the following commands:

#1 Dump Statistics

 This command gives you the number of products on the selected nodes.
This is particularly useful since we currently have a threshold at 8,000 products for using Product Processor. 

It is also a good indicator for analyzing the size and deepness of the products structure.


How to get it?

You must have a DELMIA role installed to have this command available in your environment: e.g. MAE, EWD, EWK, etc.

#2 Triangles count:

It will let you know the size of the mesh your are looking at.
Use this indicator to evaluate the performance of your simplification before/after Product Processor.

I recommend to take as a value the "STATISTICS ON THE DISPLAYED ELEMENTS"

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How to Customize your DataPrep Section?

  1. Right click on the Action Bar
  2. Customize Mode
  3. Add Commands...
  4. In "Commands" tab, select "All Commands" on the left panel, and search for your Command
  5. Optional: if you wish to create a keyboard shortcut, double click the command and enter your shortcut in the field "Accelerator"
  6. Drag and drop the command in your Section
  7. Right click Action Bar
  8. Exit Customize Mode