Advanced Search Dialog (Scene Explorer)

The Advanced Search dialog lets you highlight objects in the Scene Explorer list using combinations of search phrases to specify Boolean searches. For example, you can use Advanced Search to select only hidden non-geometry objects of a specific color whose name begins with “S”.

• Scene Explorer > Select menu > Search

Procedure

To use the Advanced Search dialog in Scene Explorer:

1. From the Property drop-down list, choose a property for your search.

   This choice determines the available options in the Condition and Reference Value lists.

2. Choose the Condition.

   For example, if you set Property=Name, then you could choose Condition=Contains String to be able to search for a text string anywhere in the object names.

3. Set the Reference Value. With some properties, such as Name, you enter the value from the keyboard. With others, such as Type and Color, you use the mouse to choose the Reference Value from a list.
4. Click Add.

   This adds the search term to the dialog list.

5. Add enough search terms to create the search you want to perform.

   For example, if you want to find all objects other than Container objects whose name begins with “Auto”, your search would look like this:

   
   Tip: If you add a search term and then later decide you don’t want to use it, highlight it in the list and then click Remove.
6. When you’ve set up the search you want, click Select.

   This closes the Advanced Search dialog and highlights items that meet the search criteria.

Interface

Use the dialog controls to specify one or more search phrases and then initiate the search. Successful search results can meet all or any specified criteria.

Note: You can modify an existing search phrase in the list, as shown in the following illustration. Click a term and modify it using the applicable method (mouse or keyboard). When editing a field with the keyboard, press Tab or Enter to accept the changed entry, or Esc to cancel.

Property

Choose the desired property to search for from the drop-down list.

Condition

Based on the Property choice, choose an available condition.

Reference Value

Enter a search term or choose one from the drop-down list, depending on the Property choice.

Add

Click to add the search phrase to the list.

Remove

Deletes the highlighted search phrase from the list.

Match All/Match Any

To use all terms for the search, choose Match All. To highlight items that match any of the search terms, choose Match Any. In Boolean terms, Match All is an AND search and Match Any is an OR search.

[list of search phrases]

When you click Add, the current combination of search conditions (the search phrase) is added to this list.

Select

Closes the dialog and performs the search, highlighting all objects in the Scene Explorer list that satisfy the combination of search conditions.

Cancel

Closes the dialog without performing a search.