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This tab restricts filter selection to objects within the selected volume and provides two options for defining the volume search method: Named spaces or Planes. The tree view displays the Named Spaces hierarchy or the coordinate system hierarchy depending on the option that you select.

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Named spaces

Displays a tree view of the space hierarchy from which you can choose one or more spaces to include in your search. This option is useful for filtering all objects located within specific spaces. In addition to selecting all the objects inside the specified named spaces, the software retrieves the space itself. You do not need to select the object on the Named Space Tab as well. To select a particular named space, press CTRL and click as many spaces as you want to include in your search. If you do not select any named spaces, the filter includes all objects in all named spaces.

Planes

Displays a tree view of the reference coordinate system hierarchy in the window, and a group of first and second position coordinate boxes at the bottom. The coordinate system hierarchy is a list of predefined coordinate systems for the model, each having a different origin point. For example, one coordinate system might have an origin point at the corner of a boiler room, another at the center of the building, and so forth.

When you select one of these coordinate systems, the software displays a list of coordinate planes for that system. By selecting a plane and specifying the first and second positions along that plane, your filter selects all objects that fall between the two positions on that plane. The positions automatically appear in the first and second position boxes at the bottom of the dialog. This option is useful when you want to select objects that are all on a specific level or plane. You can hold CTRL to select the first and second positions in the tree view.

Coordinate system

Specifies a coordinate system. You can define coordinate systems in the Grids task.

1st Position (N, E, EL) or (Y, X, n)

Displays the names of the planes that you select to define the first position of the volume.

2nd Position (N, E, EL) or (Y, X, n)

Displays the names of the planes that you select to define the second position of the volume.