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Transcript
00:05
in this video, you'll learn how to create a rule based filter
00:10
And more specifically,
00:12
you'll create a filter that can be used to identify interior walls.
00:18
You'll then see how to apply the filter to a view
00:21
in order to adjust the visibility and graphics
00:24
of the elements that meet the filter criteria.
00:35
To create a filter, switch to the view tab.
00:39
Then in the graphics panel click filters.
00:44
This opens the filters dialog.
00:47
As you can see there are two kinds of filters in rabbit
00:52
rule based filters and selection filters
00:57
in this dialog, you can create rule based filters
01:01
and adjust the filter rules
01:05
to begin, click new
01:08
for this filter
01:10
will name it walls, dash interior.
01:18
Then click OK to create the filter.
01:22
Now you can see the new filter
01:25
under rule based filters.
01:28
Next we need to select the categories that the filter is going to look at.
01:36
And for this example we'll select walls
01:40
and then we can define the filter rules
01:45
for this example, expand the parameter drop down
01:49
and select function.
01:55
Next
01:56
for the operator
01:58
will choose equals
01:60
and then we can expand the value drop down and select interior.
02:06
So now what's going to happen
02:08
is rev it is going to look at all of the elements in the walls category
02:15
because that's what we selected for
02:17
the category
02:18
and it's going to look at the function parameter and see if it equals interior
02:25
and if it does, then that element is going to meet the filter criteria.
02:32
Let's click OK.
02:34
And then we need to add the filter to the view
02:38
and we can do that in the visibility graphic overrides dialog.
02:44
Let's open the visibility graphic overrides dialog
02:48
and then switch to the filters tab
02:50
and then click add
02:53
and now we'll select the new filter we just created and click OK.
02:59
At this point
02:60
we can enable the filter
03:03
and then we can adjust the visibility and graphic display
03:07
of all of the elements Meeting the filter criteria.
03:11
For example,
03:12
click overrides under cut lines
03:16
and then let's change the color
03:19
to green
03:21
and then click OK to close each of the dialogues.
03:26
When we do we can now see all of the interior walls are green
03:32
and that's because the function parameter for those walls equals interior.
03:39
Let's go back and take a look at some other things we could do
03:44
on the view tab in the graphics panel, click filters again
03:48
and then let's select the walls, dash interior filter.
03:53
And now let's change the rules. Let's change the parameter to type name
04:04
and then we'll say the type name
04:07
begins with
04:10
and now with begins with we can't expand the drop down and select anything
04:14
because some of the operators such as
04:18
contains begins with ends with their more open ended.
04:23
Whereas if you select something like equals,
04:26
then rev it will give you the actual values.
04:30
And so just for an example here,
04:32
when we have equals we can see that some of the wall types begin with E
04:37
for the exterior walls
04:39
and some begin with eye. For interior walls.
04:43
So we'll set the role to type name
04:48
begins with
04:50
I
04:52
and then we'll click. Okay?
04:56
And really you shouldn't see any anything changed
04:59
because we are still indicating our interior walls.
05:04
And so the point here is that you can be very creative with
05:08
how you create filters and you can use them for several workflows.
05:14
And it could be for documentation purposes.
05:17
Or it could just be for quality assurance purposes to make sure that
05:22
you're using the correct wall types or whatever element types it may be.
Video transcript
00:05
in this video, you'll learn how to create a rule based filter
00:10
And more specifically,
00:12
you'll create a filter that can be used to identify interior walls.
00:18
You'll then see how to apply the filter to a view
00:21
in order to adjust the visibility and graphics
00:24
of the elements that meet the filter criteria.
00:35
To create a filter, switch to the view tab.
00:39
Then in the graphics panel click filters.
00:44
This opens the filters dialog.
00:47
As you can see there are two kinds of filters in rabbit
00:52
rule based filters and selection filters
00:57
in this dialog, you can create rule based filters
01:01
and adjust the filter rules
01:05
to begin, click new
01:08
for this filter
01:10
will name it walls, dash interior.
01:18
Then click OK to create the filter.
01:22
Now you can see the new filter
01:25
under rule based filters.
01:28
Next we need to select the categories that the filter is going to look at.
01:36
And for this example we'll select walls
01:40
and then we can define the filter rules
01:45
for this example, expand the parameter drop down
01:49
and select function.
01:55
Next
01:56
for the operator
01:58
will choose equals
01:60
and then we can expand the value drop down and select interior.
02:06
So now what's going to happen
02:08
is rev it is going to look at all of the elements in the walls category
02:15
because that's what we selected for
02:17
the category
02:18
and it's going to look at the function parameter and see if it equals interior
02:25
and if it does, then that element is going to meet the filter criteria.
02:32
Let's click OK.
02:34
And then we need to add the filter to the view
02:38
and we can do that in the visibility graphic overrides dialog.
02:44
Let's open the visibility graphic overrides dialog
02:48
and then switch to the filters tab
02:50
and then click add
02:53
and now we'll select the new filter we just created and click OK.
02:59
At this point
02:60
we can enable the filter
03:03
and then we can adjust the visibility and graphic display
03:07
of all of the elements Meeting the filter criteria.
03:11
For example,
03:12
click overrides under cut lines
03:16
and then let's change the color
03:19
to green
03:21
and then click OK to close each of the dialogues.
03:26
When we do we can now see all of the interior walls are green
03:32
and that's because the function parameter for those walls equals interior.
03:39
Let's go back and take a look at some other things we could do
03:44
on the view tab in the graphics panel, click filters again
03:48
and then let's select the walls, dash interior filter.
03:53
And now let's change the rules. Let's change the parameter to type name
04:04
and then we'll say the type name
04:07
begins with
04:10
and now with begins with we can't expand the drop down and select anything
04:14
because some of the operators such as
04:18
contains begins with ends with their more open ended.
04:23
Whereas if you select something like equals,
04:26
then rev it will give you the actual values.
04:30
And so just for an example here,
04:32
when we have equals we can see that some of the wall types begin with E
04:37
for the exterior walls
04:39
and some begin with eye. For interior walls.
04:43
So we'll set the role to type name
04:48
begins with
04:50
I
04:52
and then we'll click. Okay?
04:56
And really you shouldn't see any anything changed
04:59
because we are still indicating our interior walls.
05:04
And so the point here is that you can be very creative with
05:08
how you create filters and you can use them for several workflows.
05:14
And it could be for documentation purposes.
05:17
Or it could just be for quality assurance purposes to make sure that
05:22
you're using the correct wall types or whatever element types it may be.
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