Edit Selection Filter

Opens a window that lists the saved custom filters in the current project. This allows you to edit the project's custom filters.
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The Edit Selection Filter window: Custom selection filters are placed in this list when you open Set Selection Filter and select " Save " or when you use " Save As " on filters that you select here, in this window.

Edit : Opens an edit window to add or remove filters to the selected custom filter.

Save As : Creates an exact copy of the selected custom filter. This opens a window that prompts you to enter the new " Custom filter name ".

Rename : Opens a window that prompts the user to give the selected custom filter a new name.

Delete : Removes the selected custom filter(s) from the list.

Import : Imports custom filters from previously saved files.

Export : Saves the selected filter(s) to a specified location given the exact name of the custom filter. This opens a window that prompts you to specify where you want the filters saved.

Ok : Closes this window. If a custom filter is selected in the list, it will be the selected filter on the selection filter toolbar item.

Cancel : Closes this window. If a custom filter is selected in the list, the selection filter will remain as it was before.

1 . Click Edit Custom, which can be found at the bottom of the Selection Filter .

Alternative: Open Edit Selection Filter using the Find Tool by searching the name and clicking the icon, which is pictured above.

2 . The Edit Selection Filter window will open. When you are done using the Edit Selection Filter window, click OK or press Enter to close it. The selected custom filter will be set for your selection filter.

Alternative: Click cancel to close the window and not update the current selection filter in the model. All changes will be saved to the custom filters.

  • 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 , open Set Selection Filter and press the "Save" button.
  • 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.
  • 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 .
  • 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
  • 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 .