Searching for Objects

You can use BIM attributes to search through all to locate similar objects.

Before you begin:
  • Begin to create the project model.
  • Add attributes extensions and attribute values for the objects in the model.
    Note: The more attribute values you enter, the more you can refine your search.
See Also
Copying BIM attribute Extensions
  1. From the section of the action bar, click BIM Attributes .
  2. In the tree, click an object for your similarity search.
  3. In the BIM Attributes panel, click Find Similar.
  4. To do a broad search to find all objects of the same object type, click .
  5. To search for objects that have some matching attribute values, but not necessarily all matching values:
    1. Select Match any selected attribute.
    2. From each extension, select the attribute check boxes that are required to match.

      Tip: To select all attribute check boxes within an extension, select the check box at the attribute extension level.

    3. Click .
  6. To search only for objects with exact matches for your selection of attributes:
    1. Select Match all selected attributes.
    2. From each extension, select the attribute check boxes that must match.
    3. Click .

In the tree, the system highlights the search results. To see a list of the object matches, click Show Product List .

After searching for similar objects, you can copy extension feature from a source object to the similar objects in the search results.