SearchConditionCollection Class

A collection of SearchConditions

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

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Class SearchConditionCollection _
	Inherits NativeHandle _
	Implements IList(Of SearchCondition), IList,  _
	ICollection(Of SearchCondition), ICollection, IEnumerable(Of SearchCondition),  _
	IEnumerable
C#
public class SearchConditionCollection : NativeHandle, 
	IList<SearchCondition>, IList, ICollection<SearchCondition>, 
	ICollection, IEnumerable<SearchCondition>, IEnumerable
Visual C++
public ref class SearchConditionCollection : public NativeHandle, 
	IList<SearchCondition^>, IList, ICollection<SearchCondition^>, 
	ICollection, IEnumerable<SearchCondition^>, IEnumerable

Remarks

Examples

CopySearching PropertyCategory data using the Search class
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Text;

using Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Controls;

      static public void SearchPropertyCategoriesForTransformData()
      {
         //prepare the output
         StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder(1000);

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

         //Search Condition for Transforms
         SearchCondition searchCondition =
            SearchCondition.HasCategoryByName(PropertyCategoryNames.Transform);
         //This is Equivelent to 
         //SearchCondition searchCondition =
         //   SearchCondition.HasCategoryByDisplayName("Transform");

         //add the search condition to the search
         search.SearchConditions.Add(searchCondition);

         //set the selection to search everything
         search.Selection.SelectAll();
         search.Locations = SearchLocations.DescendantsAndSelf;

         //perform the search and get the results in a ModelItemCollection
         ModelItemCollection results = search.FindAll(Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Application.ActiveDocument, false);

         MessageBox.Show(results.Count.ToString());
      }
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..::..SearchConditionCollection

See Also

T:Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.SearchConditionCollection