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of the model, including extra properties coming from external databases if
available (see
External Database Links (page 371)).
There is no restriction as to how many selectors an appearance profile can
have. However, the order of selectors within a profile is important. The
appearance selectors are applied to the model sequentially, from top to bottom.
If an object belongs to more than one selector, the object's appearance will
be overridden each time it is processed by a new selector in the list. Currently
you cannot change the order of selectors once you added them to the list.
See also:
Appearance Profiler Dialog Box (page 739)
To open the Appearance Profiler
■ Click Home tab ➤ Tools panel ➤ Appearance Profiler
To save an appearance profile
1 Open the Appearance Profile dialog and define all required sectors.
2 Click the Save button.
3 In the Save As dialog, enter a file name and location.
4 Click Save.
To open an existing appearance profile
1 Open the Appearance Profile dialog.
2 Click Load.
3 In the Open dialog, locate the desired appearance profile DAT file.
4 Click Open.
To color-code model by property values
1 Open the Appearance Profile dialog.
2 Click the By Property tab in the Selector area.
3 Use the fields provided to configure the object selection criteria for your
selector.
4 Click Test Selection. All objects that satisfy the criteria are selected in
the Scene View.
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