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Compare
The Compare view allows you to compare items based on a reference item.
Each item displays as an individual column. All items are compared to the reference item. The image below shows the comparison of 4 selected items.
Compare view details
The details for the compare view are in the table below.
No.
Section
Detail
1
Click the tag to access the filtering facets panel.
2
Compare count
The number of parts to be compared. Users click the compare icon on the part in the search results to be compared. Users can deselect a part directly from this compare view with the blue compare icon.
3
The toolbar allows users to:
• access to home
• remove all items from comparison by clicking
• access the compare configuration window; see Compare configuration
4
Current reference
This is the current reference item. By default, it is the first item in your selection. You can select any item as the reference item by clicking the radio button.
5
3D similarity
The 3D similarity score based on the reference item. You can sort by this score.
6
Indicators
For non-numerical values, OnePart displays in blue the different characters in the string.
For the numerical values, there are 3 colors used:
• gray if identical to reference
• dark blue if within +/- X% of reference
• blue if really different from the reference (not within tolerance percentage)
7
Floating toolbar
The floating toolbar that allows you to compare the selected parts, access bookmarked items and the Compare configuration.
Compare configuration
Users access the configuration using the preferences icon .
• Users can select the attributes to display in the compare view.
• Users can set the tolerance level for the comparison. Using the numerical tolerance slider, you can adjust the tolerance percentage used to compare the items’ numerical values.
◦ Based on the tolerance percentage, OnePart compares the item’s numerical value with the reference item one.
See the 3D similarity to adjust the threshold settings in the preferences.