Edit Display Filter dialog

Used to define a filter term. The display filter allows a very detailed filtering of component parts according to their properties. You can describe any logically nested filter condition on the basis of the existing properties (there are no limits with regard to the complexity of the query). Accessed from:

User Part Center: Navigation dialog > Right click menu > Edit Display Filter
Settings for Display: Display Filter > create or edit display filter

A standard filter and two filters of equal value (user-defined filter and additional filter) are available which are linked with each other by the logical AND. You may store these filter conditions as templates which can be easily selected. This allows you to prepare frequent filter conditions that are perfectly adapted to your application.

Note: Although each filter is logically nested by any condition such as 'All shapes longer than 5000, but no IPE270 or IPE240', it sometimes is easier to work with the additional filter, too. If e.g. no sheet metal plates are required for a task, you can exclude them permanently already via the additional filter. The user-defined filter then serves for your daily work and you can modify this filter without having to add the condition 'No sheet metal plates' each time.

Setting	Description
List	Displays all user-defined database fields which may be used for search criteria. Each field may be used as often as you like. Select the desired field by clicking on it in the list. Then, the field name is displayed on the right. In the information line, the auxiliary text for the field is displayed containing more detailed information on the data field.
Display fields	Contains controls for user presets for individual comparing criteria consisting of a field name, comparing operator and block data. Logical operators to form the complete filter condition can combine several comparing criteria. > Left – The current database field, which can be modified by clicking on it in the list. > Operator – The comparing operator is selected linking the database field and the block data (content of the field) to build a comparing condition. > Right – Possible parts' data (contents of the field) of the selected data field in a drop down list. Thus, impossible comparative conditions are avoided. Note: After all three components of a comparing criteria are preset; you can add this to the complete filter condition by clicking on the INSERT button. Depending on the existing conditions and selected logical links, appropriate brackets are set by the application. Tip: It is possible as well to use the standard wildcards * and ? for variable signs in text fields.
Complete Filter Expression	Displays the complete filter expression, if need be, as logical link consisting of several comparing conditions. If a comparing condition is inserted, the activated logical operator of the following comparing condition is displayed as well.
Clear	Deletes the comparing condition, which was added last.
Clear All	Deletes the complete filter condition.
Insert	Adds the current comparing condition to the complete filter condition. When all of the three components of a comparative condition have been preset, you can add them to the complete filter condition by clicking on the Insert button. Depending on the existing conditions and on the selected logical link, the appropriate brackets will be set.
Operator AND	Selects the logical operator `AND` as logical link for the following comparing condition.
Operator OR	Selects the logical operator `OR` as logical link for the following comparing condition.
Insert Bracket	Forces the application to put the existing filter conditions into brackets manually. Brackets are always necessary when the complete result of a (partial) condition must be linked with another, as the combination of `(A AND B) OR C` is different than `A AND (B OR C)`.
Filter Expression	The complete filter condition as logical link consisting of several comparative conditions. When you have already inserted a comparative condition, the active logical operator of the next comparative condition will be displayed, too.
Cancel	Closes the dialog without saving changes.
Help	Opens online help.
Template	Saves and retrieve (Using Templates) settings to be used on other projects.

Use Filter Templates

As you already know from nearly all other OpenBridge Modeler functions, the filter conditions, too, may be stored as template. Then, the filter can be used in the settings of the display via the name of this template.

Remember: If the filter template is modified, the display template, in which this filter was used, likely produces another result as well.