This option allows you to group and filter colorways based on certain attributes and display the result within a grid. Grids are automatically generated and updated based on your selection and you will not need to add the colorways and format them manually. Different layouts can be configured at the catalog level, which is a set of attributes based on which the grid is generated, in addition to custom layouts. To generate a dynamic grid, follow these steps:
- Select Dynamic grid from the toolbar then click on the board, the following window appears:
Predefined templates are available, and you can select the one you want to generate the grid. The above window informs you that the generated grid is limited to 500 colorways.
- Select the template you want, then click Confirm to generate the grid. Below is an example depending on the template configuration:
The template is created automatically, and you cannot update any of the colorways.
Several functions are available for the grid as follows:
- Lock icon to lock the grid and prevent changing its location and properties. The icon changes, and you can click it again to unlock the grid
- Comments icon: to add comments to the grid. More information is available in Comments.
- Show labels to display the colorway details labels
- Show/hide inactive colorways. Inactive colorways are marked with X
Additional actions are provided within the Actions menu as follows:
- Edit settings to change the grid settings as discussed below
- Select similar to select the similar objects on the board
- Clone as image to convert the selected object(s) to image that you can paste somewhere else
- Remove to delete the object. You can also press the Delete or Backspace keys from your keyboard
Custom layout
In addition to the predefined templates, different custom templates are available. To use the templates, follow these steps:
- Select Dynamic grid from the toolbar, then click on the board,
- Select Custom layout from the dropdown list, the following window appears:
The option fields are different according to the selected template. More information on generating dynamic grid using the templates is available in Model focus template - dynamic grid, and Pivot view template - dynamic grid.