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GENIUS TOOLS Model Processor

Navigation: Enhanced filters

Creating filters

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Enhanced filters can be saved and therefore used for multiple tasks or created anonymously for each task.

Procedure: Create and save enhanced filters (Saved Filters)

Create a new filter in the Enhanced filters Filter menu item

1.In the command bar (a) or in the Saved Filters in the context menu (b): Click on the filter icon. AddFilter.
A new entry called Untitled Filter appears in the filter folder.

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2.Name the new filter by clicking Rename in the context menu.
Example: Model is located in the purchased parts folder

Define group nodes in the filter tree

3.Go to the predefined group node.

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a.Determine the link between the filter nodes in the group filter.

b.Set the negation NegateFilter if necessary.
A negated group node returns true if the filter condition of the filter group does not apply.

Define filter group in the filter tree

4.Create a filter node for the filter group. There are two options.

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a.Use filter palette

–Double-click to open the category.

–Click on the desired filter with the left mouse button.

–Drag the filter in the filter tree to the plus sign mp_filter_add of the group filter.

b.Using the context menu in the filter tree

–Click the Add Filter Node button mp_filter_add to open the filter node menu.

–Select a filter group (And/Or) or select a filter node from a category.

Define conditions in the filter node

5.Click on the pencil icon Edit to open the filter node. The area for editing the filter node appears.

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6.Fill in the first two lines, see general filter settings.

7.For some filter nodes, filter-specific settings must be entered in the line below.

8.Close the node with the check mark icon.

9.Create additional filter nodes for the filter group.

10.Create additional filter groups.
Result:

–The filter you created is saved in the Enhanced Filters folder under the specified name and can be selected in a task.

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–The saved filter can be linked in other filters, see Link filter.

–The saved filter can be exported for use in other projects.

Procedure: Create enhanced filters for a single task (anonymous filters)

Create anonymous filters within a task

1.In the menu item Task Lists Action, select the task that should only be executed under certain conditions.

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2.Click Create Anonymous Filter in the drop-down menu.
The filter tree opens on the filter page.

3.Apply the filter as described in steps 3-10 above for saved filters.

Result:

–The anonymous filter restricts the selected task to the specified conditions.

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