Search Pane

The Search pane lets you find actors based on property and meta-property values.

To display this pane, click Search Actors (Assembly or Collaboration pane toolbar).

Note:

  • To search with properties not available in the Search pane, or to perform more complex searches with multiple properties, use the Filters workshop.
  • For fully-shattered structures, you can search for geometry actors when the geometry is not loaded. Composer loads the geometry of matching actors when you display them.
  • Because the Search pane is a pane and not a dialog box, you do not have to dismiss it when you are done. You can even dock the pane in the Composer window for future use.

The following topics are discussed:

Main Area

Command Name Description
Search Specifies the search string.
Property Specifies the property or meta-property to search for.
Operator

Symbol Meaning

=

Equal to

≠

Not equal to

<

Less than

≤

Less than or equal to

>

Greater than

≥

Greater than or equal to

≡

Equal to (Case sensitive)



Not equal to (Case sensitive)

contains

Contains the specified substring

wildcard expr.

The search string is a wildcard expression. The wildcard character (*) matches any string. For example, *PN65* searches for any string containing "PN65".

reg. expr.

The search string is a regular expression.

For more information about regular expressions, see Composer User's Guide: Reference Information: Regular Expression Syntax.

Is used

This operator is usable on any type of property. It checks that the property is available on an actor. Can be used to find all actors containing certain meta-properties.
Specifies the search scope:
Apply to

Specifies the search scope:

  • Visible actors - Searches visible actors only.
  • Selection - Searches the selected actors.
  • All actors - Searches all actors in the open document.
Match case Sets filter parameters as case sensitive.
Ignore nodes Excludes assembly groups from the search.
Ignore leaves Excludes parts (geometries) from the search.

Matching actors

Command Name Description
Select

Selects the matching actors.
Show

Displays the matching actors if hidden.
Zoom to fit

Zooms to the matching actors.

Non-matching actors

Command Name Description
Ghost

Displays all non-matching actors in semi-transparent mode.
Hide

Hides all non-matching actors.

Buttons

Command Name Description
Next

Displays matching actors in the order listed in the Assembly tree.
Previous

Displays the previous matching actor.
Search all

Displays all matching actors at once.