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Chapter 6: Selecting Objects and Setting Object Properties

If regular expressions seem confusing, you also can search using the Advanced Search dialog box, shown in
Figure 6.20. This dialog box is opened using the Select ➪ Search or by clicking the Configure Advanced
Filter button. In the Property field, you can search by Name, Type, Color, Faces, or any of the other avail-
able columns. In the Condition, the options include Starts With, Does Not Start With, Contains String,
Does Not Contain String, Regular Expression Matches, and Inverse Regular Expression Matches. Multiple
criteria can be added to the search list.

FIGURE 6.20
The Advanced Search dialog box lets you select search criteria using drop-down lists.

Editing in the Scene Explorer
Any of the display properties listed in the Scene Explorer can be enabled by simply clicking the check box
to enable the property. If multiple objects are selected when a property is enabled or disabled, the same
property is enabled or disabled for all the selected objects at the same time.

Note
If the Lock Cell Editing button is enabled, none of the properties can be changed. n
If you click the column name, you can sort all the listed objects either in descending or ascending order.
Click the column name once to sort in ascending order and again to sort in descending order. You also can
right-click and select the sorting order from the pop-up menu. For example, if you click the Faces column,
all the objects are sorted so the objects with the smallest number of faces are listed at the top of the interface
and the objects with the most faces are listed at the bottom.
You also can rearrange the columns by dragging and dropping them to a new location. Selecting the
Customize ➪ Configure Columns menu opens the Configure Columns dialog box, shown in Figure 6.21.
This dialog box lists all the available remaining display property columns. To add one to the Scene
Explorer, simply select it from the Configure Columns dialog box and drop it where you want it.
The Configure Columns dialog box includes a large number of properties that can be added as columns to
the Scene Explorer including Revit Category, Revit Family, Revit Level, Revit Type, and Application Origin.

Tip
The width of each column can be altered by dragging on either side. To reset all column widths, right-click a col-
umn name and choose Best Fit (all columns) from the pop-up menu. n

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