In SimpliPlan, you can add favourites to your inventory in Furnish mode under Favourite, such as manufacturer objects, groups, platforms and components. These favourites can be organised by moving them into user created folders and then added into your plans later.
Accessing favourites
In Furnish mode:
- Click the Favourite drop-down, located in the panel on the left, to expand it.
The folders Groups, Objects and Platforms are default folders.
Note: To create new folders and sub-folders, see Creating folders, below.
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Left-click folders to expand them and view the contents.
Note: Empty folders contain the message This folder is empty.
Adding favourites
In Furnish mode:
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Left-click the drop-downs in the panel, located on the left, to locate the desired object.
Note: You can also search your inventory for a specific object. For more information, see Inventory search.
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Right-click the object thumbnail and select Save as favourite.
- In the Enter name of favourite dialog box, you can enter a new name.
- Click OK to confirm.
Note: You can also click Cancel to abort the process.
Note: Favourites can also be added from the article browser by right-clicking the object thumbnail. For more information, see Inventory advanced search. |
From the plan
You can add favourites directly from your current plan. In any mode:
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Left-click to select a manufacturer object, component or platform in the plan.
Note: To select a group of objects left-click and drag to lasso the desired objects.
- In the panel located on the right, click the Save as favourite button.
- In the Enter name of favourite dialog box, you can enter a new name. Click OK to confirm.
Note: You can also click Cancel to abort the process.
Note: To remove a favourite, click the red X, located in the top right corner of the item thumbnail. |
Using favourites
In Furnish mode:
- Click the Favourite drop-down, located in the menu on the left side of the screen, to expand it.
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Left-click the desired folder to expand it.
Note: If you have created sub-folders, these can also be expanded.
- Select the desired favourite and then drag and drop it into the plan.
Creating folders
In Furnish mode:
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Right-click the Favourite drop-down, located in the panel on the left.
- Select Create folder.
- In the New folder dialog box, enter a name for the new folder and click OK to confirm.
Note: You can also click Cancel to abort the process.
- You can drag and drop favourites into new folders or sub-folders.
Note: Sub-folders can be created using the same process, by right-clicking on an existing folder. |
Renaming folders
In Furnish mode:
- Click the Favourite drop-down, located in the panel on the left, to expand it.
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Right-click the desired folder or sub-folder.
- Select Rename.
- In the Enter name of folder dialog box, enter a new name for the folder and click OK to confirm.
Note: You can also click Cancel to abort the process.
Deleting folders
In Furnish mode:
- Click the Favourite drop-down, located in the panel on the left, to expand it.
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Right-click the desired folder or sub-folder and select Delete.
- In the Delete folder dialog box, click Yes.
Note: You can also click No to abort the process.
Note! Deleting a folder will also delete the contents. |
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