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Select multiple columns in a schedule

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:25:07 GMT

Hi,

It happens quite often that I need to select objects by parameters that only exists in schedules in order to apply changes to these object at once.

Is there a way to select multiple columns in schedules in order to display the objects of the selected columns in the 3D window?

Re: Select multiple columns in a schedule

Eduardo Rolon — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:35:57 GMT

Yes and No.

The 2 buttons on the schedule in the attached image lets you select in floor plan (left button) or 3D window (right button) all the objects that are grouped in that cell row.

So as long as all the objects you need to change are groped together (Merge Uniform Items) then you will be able to do what you want. The trick I use sometimes is to have temporary schedules that I edit to get the objects to merge.

In your case I would create a temporary schedule that filter "object type" and "custom parameter" and use that to select them.

Re: Select multiple columns in a schedule

Erwin Edel — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 12:12:06 GMT

Would a saved setting for Find & Select work? There are quite a lot of parameters you can add to the search criteria.

You could also look into the element ID to label it according to a system of naming rules (you would have to think of these yourself, of course).

Re: Select multiple columns in a schedule

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 06:47:59 GMT

ok, so the answer is no But indeed, those are handy workarounds. In this case I had user defined schedule parameters so I guess they are unfortunately not available as parameters when creating a new schedule or using Find & Select.

Re: Select multiple columns in a schedule

Eduardo Rolon — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 12:12:32 GMT

The parameters might be available in the schedule settings though you will need to spend sometime looking for them.

Re: Select multiple columns in a schedule

Eduardo Rolon — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 12:16:46 GMT

and then start digging…