Search Parts

Used to search for parts and components within a model, which meet certain conditions. You can define multiple conditions, which are met simultaneously. If the conditions are met, the part is either identified or all parts not meeting the requirements are hidden.

Accessed from:

Ribbon: Steel > Home > Edit Steel Elements > Search Parts
Ribbon: Concrete > Home > Edit Concrete Elements > Search Parts
Ribbon: Steel > Utilities > Utilities > Search Parts
Ribbon: Concrete > Utilities > Utilities > Search Parts

Setting	Description
Filter list	Lists available search terms.
Show user-defined data	When on, user defined filters are included on the filter list.
Comparison operator	Selects a condition operator to apply between the search term and the comparison value. = – Equal to. > – Greater than. < – Less than. >= – Greater than or equal to. <= – Less than or equal to. != – Not equal to.
Compare value	Used to input the value to be compared. Only values existing in the DGN file are listed. For names, you can enter an asterisk (`<>`) to represent other characters. for instance, `HE` for `HEA,HEB`.
Single Comparison buttons	Used to combine the filter condition with different logical operators. – Connects two single expressions with a logical "AND". – Connects two single expressions with a logical "OR". – Places a bracket around the last condition. – Adds the current condition to the filter list.
Complete Filter Expression	Displays the complete filter expression after insertion of all filter conditions.
Filter Expression buttons	Used to reset or restore the last step using the buttons or you can delete the complete filter condition. - Removes most recently added condition from the filter expression. - Restores the most recently removed condition from the filter expression. - Clears all conditions from the filter expression.
Options	Sets the action to be executed with the search results. Select - Selects found parts. Hide - Hides all parts satisfying the search conditions. Hide Other objects - Hides all parts not satisfying the search conditions. Mark - All parts satisfying the search condition are highlighted in a different color. Zoom Extents - Fits parts satisfying the search condition into the active view. Tip: Hidden parts can be redisplayed with the Regenerate () or Regenerate All () tools. Tip: You can set the Mark color on the OpenBridge Modeler Options dialog Colors tab. Note: Applying Zoom Extents opens a dialog where you to set the display size (zoom factor) and cycle through the different found parts using the << and >> buttons.
OK	Closes the dialog and save your changes.
Cancel	Closes the dialog without saving changes.
Help	Opens online help.
Template	Saves and retrieve (Using Templates) settings to be used on other projects.
Scan Model	Searches for and retrieves group structure and separates the model objects to group types.
Favorites	Current Settings - Select when you haven't created any template and you want to use the current settings of the dialog instead. Bentley/Default - Select when you want to use the application default settings template and you don't want to use the current settings of the dialog instead.

Key-in: PROSTRUCTURE SEARCH PARTS

Define a Search Condition

A search condition always consists of the search term (length), the condition operator (>= for greater than or equal), and a comparison value (2000).

For example, if you would like to find all IPE shapes with a length between 1000 and 3000 millimeters, you need to define the following search condition:

	NAME		=	IPE*	(for IPE80,IPE100 etc.)
(and)	LENGTH	>=	1000	(Length greater than or equal 1000)
(and)	LENGTH	<=	3000	(Length smaller than or equal 3000)

Placeholders when Searching for Description

Placeholder	Description
*	Any other characters (blank spaces as well)
?	Exactly one character you like in this specific position
#	Exactly one numerical character you like in this specific position (0-9)
@	Exactly one alphabetical character you like in this specific position (aA-zZ)
,	Separator to indicate two possibilities. Thus you can also, separated by the comma, reach an OR-connection such as (HEA,HEB)