SitePlan: Advanced Sel Run

Advanced Selection from File ( Modeling )

Tool summary :

Runs an advanced selection script that you select. Such a script can automatically select items in the model.
Items that may be selected with a .sel script are members, member ends, components, materials, bolts, holes and/or welds.
To create a selection script, use Edit > Advanced Selection in Modeling . You can then save that script as an .sel file by pressing " Save... " on the Advanced Selection window.
It is important to Open ( Ctrl + o ) a view that shows the items you want to select before you run the .sel file. Members that are outside the depth checking limits of your current view cannot be selected.
If you have selected items in Select Items mode prior to running the .sel file, the selection script may add items to your selection, remove items from your selection, or toggle the selection state of items. If the script performs a ' Set ' operation, any pre-selection made prior to running the script will be cleared.
The .sel file you select will override any selection filter you have set. You do not have to set a selection filter first.

In Modeling :

1 . Invoke Advanced Selection from FIle using any one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Click the Advanced Selection from File icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Selection ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If User and Site Options > General > " Modeling layout style " is ' Classic ', you can choose Edit > Advanced Selection Run .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Advanced Selection from File 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 .

2 . A selection dialog opens with a list of scripts that have been created. The dialog lists .sel files in the advanced_selection folder that is used for your current version of this program. Step 2b only applies if " Prompt " was set to ' Dialog ' when the script was created.

2a : Double-click the script that you want to run.

2b (if applicable) : If the script launches a dialog, make appropriate entries on that dialog.

3 . Items are selected in the model per the script that you just ran. Please note the following.

The selection count tells you how many items are selected.

Items that are selected are displayed in the User and Site Options > Modeling > " Primary selection surface color ."

You may now wish to review the selected items. For example, you may want to review multiple members of the same type or review multiple materials or review multiple bolts or review multiple holes or review multiple welds .