Add searched objects into existing sets or merch sets

[HeadbuttJ]

I have created several sets, but just found that there is a group of searched objects missed out. I wanted to assign that group of objects into a set that already contained many objects. 

Update set will only include my new searched objects but the original objects in the sets will be gone. I believe there is a way to add new objects into existing sets instead of clicking objects one by one. Thanks!!

[rade_tomovic]

If you have search sets - you can add criteria to existing search which is common only to the missed objects. If this is not a case, you can use only selection sets (you can't mix search and selection sets). Workflow for that would be to isolate both "good" objects and missed objects, select all of them and then update your main selection set. If you want to create a lot of search and selection sets at once and manipulate them, take a look into Productivity Toolbox from Autodesk App Store, it's a powerful addition to Navisworks. 

[HeadbuttJ]

I created a lot of sets by exporting schedule of timeliner to sets. Now I need to assign different objects to the sets. I assign a group of objects into a set, but later I found another group of objects which should be assigned to the same set. I use Find Items to find objects. Can I just use Find Items to add objects to a set without using Update?

[rade_tomovic]

Unfortunately you cannot mix find items with selection sets. Either you can select all objects you want by using find items or you can manually update specific selection set from the timeliner by using the process described above 

[jrobrador19 · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

As what @rade_tomovic said, you can add criteria to your Search Sets in the Find Items window. You can use the OR condition so that the original selection wont be affected.

I tried to simulate your workflow and here's what I did:

First I exported an external data source (in this case a CSV file) then built a Task Hierarchy so that the data will be exported in the Tasks tab. In the Tasks tab, I selected all the tasks to be exported to Selection Sets.

Then, I created Search Sets for the Tasks, utilizing the Find Items window to create them. When clicking on the Search Sets in the Sets window, the elements get selected in the model space. I then selected the Selection Set based from a certain Task and did Update. Since Search Sets and Selection Sets cannot be linked together, this is the only thing I can do.

Now, if there are things not included in your Search Set that needs to be included, I go back to my Search Set by clicking it and go to my Find Items window to add conditions. I use Or conditions to ease up the searching of elements. I then Update my Search Set. While the elements are selected I go back to the corresponding Selection Set and Update it as well.

I hope this helps.