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Search Conditions Shortcut Menu
Ignore String Value Case Makes the selected search statement case-insensitive (for example, both ‘Chrome’ and
‘chrome’ materials are treated as qualifying).
Ignore Category User Name Instructs Autodesk Navisworks to use internal category names and ignore the user
category names for the selected search statement.
Ignore Category Internal Name Instructs Autodesk Navisworks to use user category names and ignore the
internal category names for the selected search statement.
Ignore Property User Name Instructs Autodesk Navisworks to use internal property names and ignore the user
property names for the selected search statement.
Ignore Property Internal Name Instructs Autodesk Navisworks to use user property names and ignore the
internal category names for the selected search statement.
Or Condition Chooses OR condition for the selected search statement.
Negate Condition Negates the selected search statement, so that all items that do not match the statement
criteria are found.
Delete Condition Deletes the selected search statement.
Delete All Conditions Deletes all search statements.
Buttons
Find First Finds the first qualifying item, and selects it in the Scene Area and the Selection Tree.
Find Next Finds the next qualifying item, and selects it in the Scene Area and the Selection Tree.
Find All Finds all qualifying items, and highlights them in the Scene Area and the Selection Tree.
TIP Click Unselected Hidden on the Selection Tools toolbar to display only the search results in the Scene Area.
Quick Find
To locate and select the objects quickly, use the Quick Find feature.
To quickly find items
1 Click Edit ➤ Quick Find.
2 In the Quick Find dialog box, type in the text to search for in all item’s properties. This can be a word or a
few words. The search is not case-sensitive.
3 Click Find Next. Autodesk Navisworks finds and selects the first item in the Selection Tree that matches the
entered text, selects it in the Scene Area, and stops the search.
4 To repeat the search, click Edit ➤ Quick Find Next. If there are any more items that match the entered text,
Autodesk Navisworks selects the next one in the Selection Tree, selects it in the Scene Area, and stops the
search.
Command entry: To use Quick Find: CTRL + F. To Find Next: F3
Create and Use Sets of Objects
In Autodesk Navisworks, you can create and use sets of like objects. This makes it easier to review and analyze
your model.
Selection Sets
Selection sets are static groups of items, and are useful for saving a group of objects that you want to regularly
perform some action on, such as hiding them, changing transparency and so on. They simply store a group of
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