Appearance Profiler Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to create and manage appearance profiles, and apply them to your model.

Selector Area

Use this area to define and test the object selection criteria that will be used by an appearance profile selector.

By Property Tab

Category

Use this field to enter the property category to search on, for example 'Item', 'System Type', 'Material'.

Property

Use this field to enter the property type to search on, for example ‘Name’, ‘System Type’, ‘Material’.

Equals/Does Not Equal

Use the drop-down list to select appropriate condition operator, for example ‘Equals’. Enter the property value to search for in the field provided, for example ‘Equipment’.

Test Selection Button

Once you have defined the search criteria, click the Test Selection button. All objects that satisfy the criteria will be selected in the model.

By Set Tab

Sets List

This is a list of all search and selection sets available in the currently open file. To choose a set, click on it.

Refresh Button

You can add or remove selection and search sets in your model. To synchronize your changes with the sets list shown in the Appearance Profiler dialog, click the Refresh button.

Test Selection

Click this button to test the set you chose. All objects that satisfy the criteria will be selected in the model.

Appearance Area

Use this area to configure the appearance overrides that will be associated with an appearance profile selector.

Color

Use the color picker to choose the color that will be used to override appearance of the selected objects.

Transparency

Use the slider to choose transparency level (0 to 100%) that will be used to override appearance of the selected objects. You can also type the value into the corresponding box. A higher value makes objects more transparent; a lower value makes objects more opaque.

Selector List

The Selector List shows all configured appearance profile selectors. You can update settings for each of the selectors in the list, but you cannot move the selectors around. To correct the order of selectors, you may need to delete them from the list and start again.

Buttons

Add

Use the color picker to choose the color that will be used to override appearance of the selected objects.

Update

You can modify the object selection criteria and the appearance settings for each of the selectors added to the Selector list. To save the changes, click the Update button.

Delete

Clicking this button deletes the selected appearance selector in the list.

Delete All

Clicking this button deletes all appearance selectors in the list. You will be prompted to confirm your decision.

Load

Enables you to open and use a previously saved appearance profile.

Save

Enables you to save the current appearance profile with the .dat file extension.

Run

Sequentially applies all selectors in the current appearance profile to your model.

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