Performing an Attribute-based Search

From the Entity Search dialog box, you can search for entities by their attributes, such as color, density, shading, and so on.

From the Edit menu, select Entity Search.

The Entity Search dialog box appears.

Note: From the AutoVue toolbar, you can also click Entity Search .

Click the 3D Search tab.

Select the search criteria that you want to use for your search.

Click Add. The Attribute Filter dialog box appears.

From the Name list, select the attribute that you want to search.

The Value list appears corresponding to the selected attribute.

Select the Any Value check box if you want to search by any value. The Integer Value options are disabled.

Deselect the check box if you want to search by a specific value, then from the Value list, select the values that you want to search.

Click OK.

Note: To add more than one Attribute Filter, repeat steps 4 to 8.

To edit an Attribute Filter, select the filter and click Edit.

The Attribute Filter dialog box appears allowing you to edit the filter.

To disable an Attribute Filter, deselect the check box beside the filter or filters that you want to disable.

To enable an Attribute Filter, select the check box beside the filter or filters.

To remove an Attribute Filter, in the Entity Search dialog box, select the filter and click Remove.

The Attribute Filter disappears from the list.

In the Entity Search dialog box, click Search.

A list of entities matching the search criteria appear in the Results list displaying the name and type of the entities.

Click Close to close the Entity Search dialog box.