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Use Sets of Objects
In Autodesk Navisworks, you cannot save any selection or search sets yourself,
but you can use the selection or search sets saved in the model.
Selection sets store a group of items for later retrieval. There is no intelligence
behind this set - if the model changes at all, the same items will be selected
(assuming they are still available in the model) when recalling the selection
set.
Search sets work in a similar way, except that they save search criteria instead
of the results of a selection. So, if there are any search sets saved in the model,
then you use them in Autodesk Navisworks to run the search and select the
resulting objects.
Selection and search sets can be named and contain comments. They can also
be highlighted with icons in the Scene View, so that when you click on one,
the selection set is restored to the active set and all the items within it are
re-selected.
To select items from a selection or search set
1 Open the Selection Tree window, and click the Sets tab.
2 Click the saved selection or search set from the list.
On recalling a selection set, all the items that were selected when the
set was saved are re-selected into the current selection.
On recalling a search set, the search that was saved into the set is re-run
and any items matching the specification are selected into the current
selection.
Object Properties
Properties Window
The Properties window is a dockable window, which has a dedicated tab for
each property category associated with the currently selected object.
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