Locate certain objects that don't have a certain property set

[mdhutchinson]

how can I select certain (MEP Pipe in this case) objects that do not have a certain property set attached? I know I can just use QSelect to select the pipe objects and blindly add property set... or schedule them and click and use add all property sets... but in this case I wish to find them for reviewing purposes but not add the property sets...

Yes I posted a similar post under Arch also... with intent to get an answer faster.

[Joshua.Benoist]

The schedules do not automatically add new parts.  So lets say you have 10 diffusers.  You draw a schedule, right-click and select "Add all property sets."  Those ten get the necessary property sets.  Then in time you add more diffusers.  They don't have the property sets yet.  Select the schedule.  Right-click and click the "Selection" flyout > Reselect.  Select all diffusers.  They now all belong to that schedule.  Right-click and select "Add all property sets" again.  The ones that did not have property sets now have them. 

The ability to select only the ones that do not have the property sets does not exist yet.  After you add some to a schedule you could "group" them.  Then in time you add more.  Then select all, and subtract that group from the total.  Leaves you with the unassigned in the selection set.   

Joshua

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[Joshua.Benoist]

Hey Mike,

Following up on this thread as well.  Did this help?

Joshua

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[mdhutchinson]

I fully understand this means of adding property sets.

Several of our standard MEP schedules / Property Sets are using Classifications to restrict which objects get the related property sets and what is allowed into the schedule. This works well. For sake of discussion lets refer to these Classified objects as objects 'A'. 

The problem however, is that other None-Classified property sets and schedules can still be attached to and schedule the same set of classified objects 'A'. It looks as though if we use Classifications at all that we need to use it on ALL objects, property sets and schedules. Or we need a sort of a 'none classified' classification which is by default.

Does this make any sence?

Is there some way to set up a default classification?

[Martin__Schmid]

Hi Mike- It sounds like you have a scenario where you have something like:

a schedule (I'll call it "Schedule 1") that, without any classifications, it will schedule every element of a particular type (i.e., all MvParts)

a separate schedule (I'll call it "Schedule 2") that is constrained to a classification (to use your example, Classification 'A')

You want to know how to make sure that anything in 'Schedule 2" does not show up in "Schedule 1"?

[mdhutchinson]

Yes!

[Martin__Schmid · Accepted solution]

The only way to do this (without some other fancy API implementation) is to simply check every classification in the "Schedule 1" (Style Manager > Schedule Table Styles > Schedule 1 > Applies To tab > Classifications list) , except for the classification scheduled by "Schedule 2."