SearchCondition Class

Defines a PropertyCategories based condition for use in searches. Immutable.

Namespace: Autodesk.Navisworks.Api
Assembly: Autodesk.Navisworks.Api (in Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Class SearchCondition _
	Inherits NativeHandle
C#
public class SearchCondition : NativeHandle
Visual C++
public ref class SearchCondition : public NativeHandle

Remarks

When using the SearchCondition class it is important to use the returned SearchCondition object from any method called on a SearchCondition object. This is because the method is not applying a change to the current SearchCondition but in fact copying it and applying the method to the new object.

Examples

CopyNegate Search Condition
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Text;

         //set a search condition
         SearchCondition s1 = SearchCondition.HasCategoryByName(PropertyCategoryNames.Transform);

         //invert the search, i.e. NOT Has Category By Name
         SearchCondition s2 = s1.Negate();

         //at this point s2 is not the same as s1
CopyUsing a Search object
using Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Controls;

         //Create a new search
         Search s = new Search();

         //set the selection to everything
         s.Selection.SelectAll();

         //Add a search condition
         s.SearchConditions.Add(SearchCondition.HasCategoryByName(PropertyCategoryNames.Geometry));

         try
         {
            //get the resulting collection by applying this search
            ModelItemCollection searchResults = s.FindAll(Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Application.ActiveDocument, true);

            //Select the items in the model that are contained in the collection
            Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Application.ActiveDocument.CurrentSelection.CopyFrom(searchResults);
         }
         catch (CanceledOperationException)
         {
            //the user cancelled the search
         }

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::..Object
  Autodesk.Navisworks.Api..::..NativeHandle
    Autodesk.Navisworks.Api..::..SearchCondition

See Also

T:Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.SearchCondition