ce explorer - advansed search

HI,

I am trying to performe this search in one single search using exporer ( microstation connect u1):

Trying to locate all "toruses" with "minor radius" smaler than 0.02m, and all"cones" with "base radius" smaler then 0.02m , the are all sitting on the same level (level1). I thought that would be easy to do using the advansed search option in explorer, but it seems that i can not acsess both base radius and minor radius at the same time? I wonder if i am just doing this the wrong way, or if it is just not possible to achive this without spliting the task up in 2 different searches?

Any help would be much appretiated

-Helge

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  • Hi Helge,

    The advanced search feature is unfortunately not an ideal tool for that kind of search.
    However you can easily create a Report Definition to perform it.
    If you are not sure how to go about doing that I can provide an example.

    Regards,
    Paul
  • Hi Paul,

    Okay. Yes that would be really helpful as I have not played with reports much.

    My end-goal is a bit more complex then the exsample I mentioned, and im not sure if the reporting tool in MS can do this, but it would be intresting to see how close i can get. So her it is, this is something i normaly do in another software but want to see if i can doit in microstation instead. ( the exsample is just for sylinders ( cones ), but i want to do something similar also for torus ).

    Basicaly what you see is a search counting all the cylinders inside a region/volume, dividing the total sylinders in to 6 classes based on their thickness, and summing up the total length pr class, and also the total length for all classes. ( there is also other data in there like "area (m2)", but "Length(m)" is the one i am trying to search for using MS ) .  If i am able to do parts of the search in microstation i could probably export the result out to excel and do the rest there. I have a feeling i can not do a search inside a region ( using a saved fence to define the volume of the region forexsample ) , so i have put all cones and toruses of interest on to a separate layer to be able to narrow down the search.

    Regards

    Helge

  • Hi Paul,
    thanks for looking in to this. your example is definatly a step closer to what i am trying to do. Still playing around to see what i can do with it, so i have a few follow up questions:
    1. Can you confirm that it is not possible to do the cone/torus search/reporting inside a fence area instead of ( or in addition to ) by level ( same as i have described in this thread: communities.bentley.com/.../368248 )
    2.Is it possible to highlight the primitives in this search so that they can be modified etc. ( Or do i need to use explorer for that ) ?
    3. I did not find a way to read the "length" of a torus directly. ( meaning the length of the centerline ), for cones i can use "height".
    4. There is no functionlity in the reporting tool to sum the total height for all cones right?

    Regards
    Helge
  • 1. Spatial queries are not yet supported, but they are high on our list of desired enhancements.
    2. In the report preview dialog listing the results, select all of the rows (e.g. press ctrl-A, or select the first row and shift-click the last row). The elements will be highlighted in the view.
    3. Currently Torus lacks a "length" or similar property. I suppose with a complicated Excel formula you could calculate from the other properties, or alternatively you could file an enhancement request for such a property.
    4. Not yet. Until such features become available the workflow is generally to export the .dgn data to excel and manipulate it from there.
  • Okay Paul, thanks! I will fill an enhancement request for nr 3. Would you be so kind to tell me where/ how i can do that? it does sound like we will be able to do many more useful types of searched in a futhure update of connect.
    Regards
    Helge
  • Good day Helge,

    Enhancement Request #558980 to have MicroStation > Reports support spatial queries.

    Regards,
    Anders

       

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