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12 In the Selection Tree, the window is highlighted, 78 x 54. Click the + to the left of this to expand the window.
13 The windows have both a Solid component (the glass) and a Composite Part (the frame). Click Solid to
select the window glass.
Look in the Properties window, and you will see that the Item does not have a Name property, which is
what we were searching for earlier. We can, however, see that the item has a Material property value of
Glass. We can, therefore, use this condition to find all of these window panes.
14 Our previous search condition will still be in the Find Items window.
15 Click under Item in the Category column and select Item from the drop-down.
16 From the Property drop-down, select Material.
17 From the Condition drop-down, select =.
18 In the Value field, type Glass, then press Enter.
If we leave this as is, the two conditions would be ANDed together, meaning both conditions would need
to be true for an item in order for it to be selected. We don’t want this. We require one condition OR the
other to result in an item being selected.
19 Right-click the second item and select Or Condition from the shortcut menu.
20 Click Find All.
21 Zoom out and you will see that all of the glass has now been selected. Auto Hide
the Find Items window.
Once we have defined a search and found the items we wish to group together, we can then save the selected
items as a selection set (a static group of items), or a search set (a dynamic group of items). Search sets are
much more powerful and WILL save you time, especially if your project files are continuing to be updated
and revised.
22 With your search defined and the resulting items selected, mouse over the Sets window and pin
it open.
23 Right-click in the Sets window and select Add Current Search.
24 With the search set created, rename this as Window Glass.
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