Show Detail (and Show Detail Other ) ( Modeling > `s` `d` )

Tool summary :

Opens the Drawing Editor and shows the member detail or submaterial detail that depicts the member or material that you selected.
The detail of a member or material can be shown only if the detail exists. A detail will exist if the member or material has undergone automatic detailing .
Also, if the detail is out of date, you will be notified of such and given the option to redetail the member or material. See what Show Detail does .
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Show Detail is used to show a beam detail that includes user-added views. The user-added views are then deleted in member isolation and the detail is redetailed (using Detail Current Piecemark ) to demonstrate that the views are no longer shown on the detail.

Default Modeling context menu (" Show Detail " appears on)
Model Tree context menu (" Show Detail " appears on)

To invoke Show Detail (or Show Detail Other ) :

In Modeling ...

▸ Click the Show Detail icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' View ' and placed on the ribbon.

▸ Show Detail can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . The default keyboard shortcut is s d . You can select or hover a member or material, then choose " Show Detail " on the default context menu. Or choose " Show Detail " on the default model tree context menu.

Preselection versus in-tool selection :

If you preselect a member or material before invoking Show Detail (or Show Detail Other ), then Show Detail acts on that member or material.

Select Items bindings (for preselection)

If there is no preselection (or an inappropriate selection) when you invoke Show Detail from the View menu, you are prompted to select a member or material and provided Select One Item mouse bindings.

Select One Item bindings

On the default context menu that you get when you hover an item (and no item is selected), " Show Detail Other... " is visible and " Show Detail " is not visible.

What Show Detail (or Show Detail Other ) does :

Possibility 1 : If the member or material has a detail that is up to date, Show Detail (or Show Detail Other ) starts up the Drawing Editor and shows the detail of the selected member or material.
Possibility 2 : If the member or material has not yet been detailed, then Show Detail opens a yes-no dialog and asks you if you want to detail it. If you press " Yes ," Show Detail does a Detail Member or Detail Submaterial then starts up the Drawing Editor and shows the detail of the selected member or material. If you press " No ," this operation ends. Note: The annotation " (create detail) " is shown on the context menu for this situation.
Possibility 3 : If the member or submaterial detail is out of date, Show Detail opens a yes-no dialog and asks you if you want to re-detail it. If you press " Yes ," Show Detail does a Detail Member or Detail Submaterial then starts up the Drawing Editor and shows the new detail. If you press " No ," Show Detail starts up the Drawing Editor and shows the out-of-date detail. Note: The annotation " (re-detail) " is shown on the context menu for this situation.

After Show Detail (or Show Detail Other ) has opened the drawing :

Full Drawing Editor functionality is available to you for editing that drawing (or even other drawings), without restrictions.