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items having that property will be attached to that task when you check the rule Attach Items to
Tasks by Category/Property, and click Apply Rules.
4. In the Rule description box, click on each of the underlined values to define your custom rule. The
customizable values available with the built in templates are:
• Column Name. Choose which column in the Tasks tab you wish to compare Item names to. The
default is the Task Name, though you may also choose one of the ten User columns, identified in
the Field Selector dialog.
• Items. Choose what you would like the value in the Column Name to be compared to in the
model scene. The default is Item name, though you may also choose either Selection Sets or
Layers.
• Matching. Use case sensitivity and therefore only match names that are exactly the same. You
may also choose Ignoring to ignore case sensitivity.
• Category/Property Name. Use the name of the category or property as it is displayed in the
interface (recommended). You can also choose Internal Name which is that accessed via the API
(for advanced use only).
• '<category>'. Choose from the available list, which category the property you wish to define is in.
Only the categories that are contained in the scene are available in the drop down.
• '<property>'. Choose from the available list, which property you wish to define. Again, only the
properties in the scene within the chosen category will be available.
5. Click OK to add the new TimeLiner rule, or Cancel to return to NavisWorks.
Applying TimeLiner rules:
1. Open the TimeLiner window, and click the Rules tab.
2. Select the check boxes for all rules you want to apply. The rules will be applied in order.
3. If Override current selections check box is selected, then when the rules are applied they will
replace any existing attached items. Otherwise, and the rules will attach items to the relevant tasks
without attached items.
4. Click the Apply button.
Note:
To validate tasks in your schedule, click the Tasks tab, right-click in the task view, and use the
Check shortcut menu.
Validating Project Schedule
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