Edit Selection Filter ( Modeling & Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

  • Opens a window that lets you edit which filters are contained in a custom selection filter.
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    		The Edit Selection Filter window: Custom selection filters are placed in this list when you Model > Set Selection Filter > " Save " and when you " Save As " filters that you select here, in this window.
  • A custom selection filter is a user-configured set of the selection filters that SDS2 provides. A custom selection filter can also include ' By Expression ' and ' By Status Display ' filters, which are user-configured.
  • Each selection filter that makes up a custom selection filter limits the types of items that are selectable in Select Items mode. To create a custom selection filter in Modeling , Model > Set Selection Filter > press the "Save" button . To do the eqivalent in the Drawing Editor , choose Tools > Set Selection Filter > press the "Save" button .
  • On the Edit Selection Filter window, you can select a custom selection filter and press " Save As " to save an copy of that custom selection filter. The custom selection filter is stored with your toolbar configuration and can be selected on the selection filter toolbar item for all jobs thereafter. A custom filer can also be made to be your active selection filter by accessing Set Selection Filter in Modeling or Set Selection Filter in the Drawing Editor .
  • Select a custom selection filter and press " Edit " to add to the set of selection filters that make up that custom selection filter. You can also remove filters from that custom selection filter.
  • You can " Rename " a custom selection filter that you saved from the Edit Selection Filter window (same window) or created in a Set Selection Filter window.
  • You can " Delete " unwanted custom selection filters that are shown on the Edit Selection Filter window. This stops that filter from being selectable in Modeling or the Drawing Editor (as the case may be).
  • You can also " Import " and " Export " custom selection filters for use by other users.
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Also see :

YouTube video: Save Custom Filters .
(Recorded in SDS2 Detailing , v2020i)

YouTube video: Custom selection filters are saved-to-a-file, user-configured sets of out-of-the-box selection filters that can be used whenever they are needed . (Recorded in SDS2 Detailing , v2020i)

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   Step-by-step instructions to edit filters :

1 . Open the Edit Selection Filter window using any one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Click the Edit Selection Filter icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Model ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning). In the Drawing Editor , look for the icon in ' Tools '.

Method 2 : If " Modeling layout style " for Modeling is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Model > Edit Selection Filter . In the Drawing Editor , choose Tools > Edit Selection filter .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Construction Line Add can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface . The default keyboard shortcut is c a .

Method 6 : On the selection filter , select ' Edit Custom '

2 . The Edit Selection Filter window will open.

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From the list, choose a single custom selection filter if you want to " Edit ," copy (" Save As "), or " Rename " it. Select one or more custom filters if you want to " Delete ," or " Export " them.

3 (optional) . Press the " Edit " button if you want to add filters to the custom filter set or remove filters from the set.

Most filters that you can select on the Set Selection Filter window are fairly self-explanatory since each filter is named for the items that become selectable when the filter is selected. User-confgurable filters that have a steeper learning curve are ' By Expression ' and ' By Status Display ' ( ) .

3a : The Set Selection Filter window opens, from which you can choose filters to remove from or add to the custom selection filter that you selected in step 2. Any filters that were selected when the custom filter was created or last edited will be highlighted in the list.

3b : Press " OK " on the Set Selection window to save your selection filter choices.

3c . Press " OK " to close the Edit Selection Filter window.

4 (optional) . Press the " Save As " button if you want to copy the selected custom selection filter. This creates a new filter that is an exact copy of the selected custom filter, presumably so that you can " Edit " it.

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4a : The Custom Filter Save window opens. When you enter an unique name to " Custom filter name " and press the " OK " button, a new custom filter is created.

4b (optional) : Repeat steps 2 and 3 to edit the filter you just created if you want the new filter to be a variant of the original filter. Otherwise, it will be identical to the original.

Note: Custom filters that you save are only available to you and only when you are in a Job that uses the same the data directory in which you created them. However, you can then " Export " the filter to a file that you and other users can " Import " to their selection filter toolbar item, even when you use different data directories.

5 (optional) . Press the " Rename " button to rename the selected custom selection filter.

5a : The Rename Custom Filter window opens. When you enter a unique name in the " Custom filter name " field and press the " OK " button, the chosen filter is renamed.

6 (optional) . Press the " Delete " button to rename the selected custom selection filter(s). The chosen filters are immediately deleted from your selection filter toolbar item -- a yes-no confirmation dialog is not displayed.

7 (optional) . Press the " Export " button to export the selected custom selection filter(s). The filters are saved to files with names that are identical to the filters' names. Since saved custom selection filters are stored with your toolbar configuration, they are only available to you and not to other users until you export them and they " Import " the resulting files.

7a : A Browse For Folder window will allow you to choose a destination for these files.

7b (a possibility) : If a file with the same name already exists, a yes-no confirmation dialog asks you if you want to overwrite it. Press " Yes " to overwrite the file, or press " No " to reopen the Browse For Folder window, from which you can select a different destination.

Note 1: You cannot " Import " selection filters into the Drawing Editor that you exported from Modeling , nor can you import filters from the Drawing Editor into Modeling .

Note 2: Custom filters that you save are only available to you and only when you use the same the data directory in which you created them. However, when you open the Edit Selection Filter window, you can " Export " the filter to a file that you and other users can " Import " to their selection filter toolbar item, even when you use different data directories.

8 (optional) . Press the " Import " button to import selection filters that have been saved to files previously.

8a : A file selection dialog will allow you to choose filters. Press " OK " when you have selected the desired filters. The filters are then added to the Edit Selection Filter list.

8b (a possibility) : A filter with the same name already exists. In that event, the Custom Filter Save window opens. When you enter a unique name in the " Custom filter name " field and press the " OK " button, the custom selection filter is saved under a new name and added to the Edit Selection Filter list.

Note: You cannot " Import " selection filters into the Drawing Editor that you exported from Modeling , nor can you import filters from the Drawing Editor into Modeling .

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   To close the Edit Selection Filter window :

"OK" (or the Enter key) closes the Edit Selection Filter window. If a custom selection filter is selected in the list when you press " OK ," it will be the selected filter on the selection filter toolbar item.

"Cancel" (or the Esc key or the button) closes this window. If a custom selection filter is selected in the list, that choice will be ignored if you press " Cancel ."

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