When I create NC files for my customers, they want certain items excluded since they cannot be processed by the steel supplier via NC files. e.g.
folded beams
folded plates
gratings
polybeams
curved beams
certain User profiles
etc
I can filter out most of these easily via the search tool but not polybeams (they are selected as part of beam objects).
Please can these be added to the search tool as an object type or via some property under the beams tab in the search tool.
I know in some cases I could filter via the part number but I need a more generic solution to filter out ANY polybeams in the model, since in other cases it may not be so easy to find and select them all via part numbers.
Also I like to export and import my standard queries for use in all projects so again a more generic solution is required.
Furthermore, I also create a BOM list of items excluded from the NC output.
While all the above (aside from Polybeams) can be excluded in a search using various "NOT" options, it is impossible to get the opposite selection set with a single search.
e.g. I can select "NOT" (certain User Profile) to exclude it, and additionally "NOT" (certain material) etc
...but I cannot get a reverse of the selection by just un-ticking the "NOT" checkboxes.
...so an additional suggestion is to have a "Reverse" option that is applied to the entire Search and Mark Objects settings.
i.e. effectively doing the same as the function "Reverse Selection" (AstM4CommSelectAllDscObjects_), but within the Search and Mark Objects tool.
...or maybe a search and mark objects Wizard that will run several saved search settings in one click, with ability to PRE-set the options on the "General" tab between each stage - i.e. complete model/current marked set, new/add/subtract marking etc.
Then more complex search criteria can be saved and re-used easily for use with BOM extracts, Queries to display certain items etc.
