Object Inspector

Use the Object Inspector tab to define, group, and perform global operations on selected structure objects.

Access

The Object Inspector contains two panels.

The top panel allows you to browse geometry objects, or groups.
The bottom panel displays the properties of the geometry objects or groups selected in the top panel.

Geometry tab elements

Stories

Opens a menu with the following options:

Set active story: Displays the selected story only.
Filter structure stories: Displays the selected story and its related objects in the drawing area. Other objects or stories are hidden. Deselect this option to restore the whole structure.
Add story: Opens the Add Stories dialog which allows you to specify the new story parameters.
Copy story: Opens the Copy Story dialog which allows you to duplicate the selected story. Select Perform the operation on selected elements / objects if you want to duplicate selected objects or elements only.
Copy contents of the story: Copies the contents of the story only. Contrarily to the Copy Story option, this option does not create a new story with the copied elements.
Delete story: Deletes the selected story and all its content.

Set filters

Allows you to display or hide types of objects.

Filter by selection

Hides all objects that have not been selected.

This tab allows you to view and select custom groups of objects.

New folder

Creates a new folder in the Group folders directory.

Create a group out of the selection

Assigns selected elements to a group. If you select different types of elements, several groups are created.

Refresh selection

Refreshes the content of the drawing area.

Settings

Specifies how elements should be added to the selected group.

Selection by folders : selects all subfolders and groups included in the current folder.
Refresh only on request: selects all objects, unless the selection has been refreshed with .
+ Union: adds elements from all the selected groups.
& Intersection: adds common elements of selected groups. For example, a selection will include elements that belong to groups and previously selected objects.
- Difference: removes objects from the selected groups.

Show active

Displays active groups in the drawing area.

Hide inactive

Hides inactive groups in the drawing area.

All active

Activates and shows all groups.

All inactive

Deactivates and hides all groups.

Undefined status

Indicates that the selected group contains both active and inactive elements.