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Search Pane

The Search pane lets you find actors based on property and meta-property values.

To display this pane, click Search Actors (Assembly or Collaboration pane toolbar).

Notes:
  • To search with properties not available in the Search pane, or to perform more complex searches with multiple properties, use the Filters workshop.
  • For fully-shattered structures, you can search for geometry actors when the geometry is not loaded. Composer loads the geometry of matching actors when you display them.
  • Because the Search pane is a pane and not a dialog box, you do not have to dismiss it when you are done. You can even dock the pane in the Composer window for future use.

This page discusses:

Main Area

Options in this category are generic.

Command NameDescription
Search Specifies the search string.
PropertySpecifies the property or meta-property to search for.
Operator

SymbolMeaning

=

Equal to

Not equal to

<

Less than

Less than or equal to

>

Greater than

Greater than or equal to

Equal to (Case sensitive)



Not equal to (Case sensitive)

contains

Contains the specified substring

wildcard expr.

The search string is a wildcard expression. The wildcard character (*) matches any string. For example, *PN65* searches for any string containing "PN65".

reg. expr.

The search string is a regular expression.

For more information about regular expressions, see Reference Information: Regular Expression Syntax .

Is used

This operator is usable on any type of property. It checks that the property is available on an actor. Can be used to find all actors containing certain meta-properties.

Specifies the search scope:

Apply to

Specifies the search scope:

  • Visible actors - Searches visible geometry actors only.
  • Selection - Searches the selected actors.
  • All actors - Searches all actors in the open document.
Include

Specifies what kind of actors to include in the search:

  • All Actors - Searches geometry and collaborative actors.
  • Collaborative Actors - Searches collaborative actors only.
  • Geometry Actors - Searches geometry actors only.
Note: If collaborative actors are found with the Assembly pane as the active pane (All Actors or Collaborative Actors selected), the Assembly pane will remain active. The same is true if geometry actors are found with the Collaboration pane as the active pane (All Actors or Geometry Actors selected).
Match caseSets filter parameters as case sensitive.
Ignore nodesExcludes assembly groups from the search.
Ignore leavesExcludes parts (geometries) from the search.

Matching actors

Options in this category enable you to define how to handle matching actors.

Command NameDescription
Select

Selects the matching actors.

Show

Displays the matching actors if hidden.

Zoom to fit

Zooms to the matching actors.

Non-matching actors

Options in this category enable you to define how to handle non-matching actors.

Command NameDescription
Ghost

Displays all non-matching actors in semi-transparent mode.

Note: As the ghost functionality is not available for collaborative actors, this search option does not apply to them.
Hide

Hides all non-matching actors.

Buttons

Options in this category enable you to define how to handle buttons.

Command NameDescription
Next

Displays matching actors in the order listed in the Assembly tree.

Previous

Displays the previous matching actor.

Search all

Displays all matching actors at once.



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