To Perform an Inquiry

Choose an inquiry type and follow prompts to select the data. After the inquiry completes, you can copy the data to another file such as a Microsoft© Excel spreadsheet.

There are two ways to select the data for an inquiry. When you first select the inquiry to run, you are prompted to select the data required for the inquiry. If there is only one object of that type in the drawing, it is selected automatically. After the inquiry is complete, you can use the object select buttons. Click or in the Inquiry Tool window to change the selection of data.

You can also run an inquiry by selecting an object in the drawing and accessing the Inquiry command from the contextual ribbon or from the context menu. The most recently-run inquiry type for the selected object is selected automatically.

When you select the Inquiry command from the contextual ribbon or context menu, you are not prompted for the main object, but you are prompted for any additional object input the inquiry requires.

1. Click Analyze tabInquiry panelInquiry Tool Find.

   Or select an object first, and then click General Tools panelInquiry Find on the contextual ribbon tab.

   When you select the Inquiry command from the contextual ribbon, the most recently-run inquiry type for the selected object is selected automatically.

2. In the Inquiry Tool window, under Select An Inquiry Type, click the Down arrow and select the inquiry to run.

   After you select an inquiry type, you are prompted to select the objects that are required for the inquiry.

   Note: To run Corridor queries, a corridor section view must be active. Select a corridor. Click Corridor tabModify panelCorridor Section Editor Find. Then select the station to query. Use the Zoom command to zoom closer to the view.
3. Select the objects and locations for the inquiry. You can use Osnaps and transparent commands to select the objects.

   The data is displayed in the Inquiry Tool window.

4. To change selected objects or locations, click or in the Inquiry Tool window next to a value and select the new object or location in the drawing.