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Attach Tasks Manually
To attach a task to a current selection
1 If the TimeLiner window is not already open, click Home tab ➤ Tools panel ➤ TimeLiner
.
2 Select the desired geometry objects in the Scene View, or on the Selection Tree.
3 In the TimeLiner window, the Tasks tab, right-click the required task, and click Attach Selection on the
shortcut menu.
The task icon has changed indicating that this task now contains attached items. Look under the Attached
column to get information on the attachment type.
NOTE If you need to add additional items to an already attached task, click the Append Selection option on the
shortcut menu, otherwise any previous task attachments will be overridden.
To attach a task to a selection set or a search set
1 If the TimeLiner window is not already open, click Home tab ➤ Tools panel ➤ TimeLiner
.
2 In the TimeLiner window, the Tasks tab, right-click the required task, click Attach Selection Set, and click
the required selection set or a search set.
The task icon has changed indicating that this task now contains attached items. Look under the Attached
column to get information on the attachment type.
To attach a task to a current search
1 If the TimeLiner window is not already open, click Home tab ➤ Tools panel ➤ TimeLiner
.
2 Run the desired search from the Find Items dockable window.
3 In the TimeLiner window, the Tasks tab, right-click the required task, and click Attach Search.
The task icon has changed indicating that this task now contains attached items. Look under the Attached
column to get information on the attachment type.
To attach multiple tasks to a selection set or a search set
1 If the TimeLiner window is not already open, click Home tab ➤ Tools panel ➤ TimeLiner
.
2 In the TimeLiner window, the Tasks tab, hold the CTRL or SHIFT key to select all required tasks.
3 Right-click the task selection, click Attach Selection Set, and click the required selection set or a search set.
The task icons have changed indicating that the selected tasks now contain attached items. Look under the
Attached column to get information on the attachment type.
To attach multiple tasks to a current selection
1 If the TimeLiner window is not already open, click Home tab ➤ Tools panel ➤ TimeLiner
.
2 Select the desired geometry objects in the Scene View, or on the Selection Tree.
3 In the TimeLiner window, the Tasks tab, hold the CTRL or SHIFT key to select all required tasks.
4 Right-click the task selection, and click Attach Selection on the shortcut menu.
The task icons have changed indicating that the selected tasks now contain attached items. Look under the
Attached column to get information on the attachment type.
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