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Objects, Tags
Opens a list of all object types or tag types present in the scene. To search for a specic type of object
or tag, choose its name from the list. The element type will then appear in the Search text box along
with a bracket pair. You can rene the search by entering search syntax into the text box between
the brackets.
The search syntax
* a character sequence of any length
? any single character
# any single digit
(xx,yy,zz) ‘xx’ or ‘yy’ or ‘zz’
[x] the expression before the ‘[x]’ must be present x times
{} these brackets appear when you are searching for a particular type of object or tag (see
‘Objects, Tags‘. You can enter search syntax between the brackets to rene the search.
/ use this to select tags that are assigned to specic objects
, allows you to do a combined search
Syntax examples
For these examples, we’ll assume that the search mode is set to Exact Match.
Tree
Selects all objects named ‘Tree’.
Tree*
Selects all objects whose names begin with ‘Tree’. For example, this would select any objects named
‘Tree frog’, ‘Tree ring’ and so on.
Light{*}
Selects all light sources.
HyperNURBS(*),Light(*)
Selects all HyperNURBS objects and light sources.