Selection Info Overview

The Selection Information panel displays attribute data of actively-selected model objects. The displayed attribute data will change accordingly to the actively-selected model objects. The tabs within the Selection Information panel displays grouped attribute data. If there are no model objects selected, then the Selection Information panel will be blank.

Selection Information Panel

To access the Selection Information panel, select Object from the menu bar at the top left of the screen. Then, select Selection Information.

General Tab

The General tab displays the Model Stream name of the selected objects, the Material Name – CAD tag value for each model object selected, the total surface area, the total volume, and the total number of objects currently selected.

Tags Tab

The Tags tab displays all metadata for the selected objects, the number of objects per metadata, and the total number of objects currently selected.

There are additional actions that can be taken within the Tags tab: Filter the Selection, Select similar tags, and Tag Selected objects with a new tag.

  • Select Tag - Right Click on a tag value, then click Select Tag to select all objects with the same tag

  • Tag Selected - Click the Tag Selected icon to open the Create Tag dialog box

Style Tab

The Style tab displays all the styles associated with the selected object.

The Style tab will not display information when multiple objects are selected.

Documents Tab

The Documents tab displays the documents associated to the selected objects.

There are additional actions that can be taken within the Documents tab: Filter the Selection, Open the Documents, or Reveal the documents in Archive Library.

Right Click on a document for additional actions.

Object Properties Tab

The Object Properties tab displays only the metadata that was selected as Object Property during the Model Stream Export/Import process.

There are additional actions that can be taken within the Object Property tab: Filter the Selection and toggle a Parameter as a favorite. The favorited Parameters will appear at the top of the list.

Linked Data

The Linked Data tab can be associated to Record Tables created within InEight Compliance.

Selection Filter

The Selection Filter can be launch by clicking on the Filter icon from any of the tabs. Then uncheck any of the Enable check boxes to fine tune your selection.