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e If you want to make your search statement case-insensitive, right-click it, and click Ignore String Value
Case.
4 Define more search statements, if required.
By default, all statements are ANDed. This means that they all need to be true for an item to be selected.
You can make a statement use OR logic, by right-clicking it and clicking Or Condition. If you are using two
statements, and marked the second one as ORed, this means that an item will be selected if either of these
statements is true.
5 Click the Find All button. The search results are highlighted in the Scene View and the Selection Tree.
To save current search
1 Click Home tab ➤ Select & Search panel ➤ Sets drop-down ➤ Manage Sets.
This opens the Sets window and makes it the active window.
2 Right-click anywhere in the Sets window, and click Add Current Search.
3 Type a name for your search set, and press ENTER.
Menu: Classic user interface: Edit ➤ Select ➤ Selection Sets ➤ Add Current Search
To export current search
1 Click Output tab ➤ Export Data panel ➤ Current Search
.
2 In the Export dialog box, browse to the desired folder.
3 Enter a name for your file, and click Save.
To import a saved search
1 Click the application button
➤ Import ➤ Search XML.
2 In the Import dialog box, browse to the folder containing the file with the save search criteria, and select
it.
3 Click Open.
Quick Reference
Search Options
Category Selects the category name. Only the categories that are contained in the scene are available in the
drop-down list.
Property Selects the property name. Only the properties in the scene within the category chosen are available
in the drop-down list.
Condition Selects a condition operator for your search. You can use the following operators depending on the
property you are searching for:
■ =. Equals; can be used to evaluate any type of property. To qualify for the search, a property must match the
specified value exactly.
■ Not Equals. Can be used to evaluate any type of property.
■ > -. Greater Than; can be used to evaluate numerical property types only.
■ >=. Greater Than or Equals; can be used to evaluate numerical property types only.
■ < -. Less Than; can be used to evaluate numerical property types only.
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