Select Model Objects Via Excel

Model objects can be auto-selected and framed in the model viewer by selecting tag values in Excel. In Excel, the top row represents the Tag Category. Any row below the top row represents the Tag Value. The Tag Category and Tag Value must be exactly the same in Model in order for Excel to interact with Model.

The following step-by-step walks you through how to auto-select Model objects in Excel.

The following steps require the Excel Plugin to be installed.

Step by Step — Select Model Objects via Excel

  1. From Excel, select the InEight tab from the top menu.

  2. Under the Project section, Click Login.

    The Login to InEight dialog box opens.

  3. Login using the same credentials for InEight Model.

  4. Select the project you are currently in, and then click OK.

  5. In Excel under the InEight tab in the Modifiers section, select the check marks for both Auto Select and Frame Selected.

  6. Select a tag value from the metadata copied from the Model into Excel.

  7. In the Actions section, click Select Tag.