NW Manage 2010 - Unable to export Search Sets XML

[dderoeck]

Hello,
I wonder if anybody has the same problem with Exporting Selection Sets to XML file.
I have made a set of Selection Sets in a combined nwd file.
Because of the geografic locations of my NWD file - a bridge of 1.5 Km - I have made first some folders in the Selection Sets (SS). Then I have put my Selection Sets into the folders.
When I want to export my SS, I only get my folders in the xml file!
Here is the text from my xml file:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<exchange xmlns: xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://download.autodesk.com/us/navisworks/schemas/nw-exchange-7.0.xsd" units="m">
<selectionsets>
<viewfolder name="Folder1"/>
<viewfolder name="Folder2"/>
<viewfolder name="Folder3"/>
</selectionsets>
</exchange>

Any idea what could be missing on my installation?

[amixam]

Hello,
I wonder if anybody has the same problem with Exporting Selection Sets to XML file.
I have made a set of Selection Sets in a combined nwd file.

Only Search sets will export in this manner. You need to use Find Items and save you groupings of objects as Search sets. Then, you can export as XML and load into other project files.

Cheers.

[dderoeck]

I made approx.30 Selection Sets. Each Selection Set is a WorkPackage.
I did it by 2 ways:
First Way
- Open the Selection Tree
- Select the Properties Tab
- Promote the Item Categorie
- Promote the Layer Categorie
- Select all layers that are related to a WorkPackage
- Drag them into the Selection Sets
- Saved them as a names WorkPackage

Second Way
- Open the Find Items
- Select the Categorie Items
- Select the Propertie Layer
- Set Condition = Contain
- Enter my Workpackage code
- All layers were detected in the Selection Tree
- Drag them into the Selection Sets
- Saved them as a names WorkPackage

Both ways give me following XLM file.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<exchange xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://download.autodesk.com/us/navisworks/schemas/nw-exchange-7.0.xsd" units="m">
<selectionsets/>
</exchange>

I can't get it done! Something is missing... and it's not installed with NavisWorks

The export of Viewpoints gives on the otherhand no problem!

[Steve_Stafford]

If I'm not missing something...selection sets that focus on specific items are not exported. Sets based on generic search criteria will export.

[dderoeck]

When I create a folder in the Selection Sets, then I have this XLM file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<exchange xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://download.autodesk.com/us/navisworks/schemas/nw-exchange-7.0.xsd" units="m">
<selectionsets>
<viewfolder name="Folder1"/>
</selectionsets>
</exchange>

Conclusion, the folder under the Selection Sets was exported.

The update also works; I have to do it on each new revision because I cannot export them from a previous revision.

The generic search criteria... is there a 3th way (other then the 2 explained above) to select items?

[dderoeck]

SOLVED!!!!!
It's indeed a Search Set, to be done as following (The 3th way!)
Menu - Edit - Select - Selection Sets - Add Current Search

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<exchange xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://download.autodesk.com/us/navisworks/schemas/nw-exchange-7.0.xsd" units="m">
<selectionsets>
<viewfolder name="Folder1"/>
<selectionset name="Search Set1">
<findspec mode="all" disjoint="0">
<conditions>
<condition test="contains" flags="26">
<property>
<name internal="LcOaNodeLayer">Layer</name>
</property>
<value>
<data type="wstring">2_3</data>
</value>
</condition>
</conditions>
<locator>/</locator>
</findspec>
</selectionset>
</selectionsets>
</exchange>

Now I can Edit my xml file for the next import!

[erlich.denis]

Though individual search strings can be solved in this manner, still the question remains: how to export SEARCH SETS ????
It is simply not possible, and have not been resolved in Navis 2011.
it will still export empty string for SEARCH sets and empty folders ( if you created folders and put your search strings into them).

[ccook]

My guess is that navisworks requires this line to read:
<findspec mode="all" disjoint="0">

Mode="all" means that all nwc or other divisions of the nwf are searched. In the FindItems Search, use "default" rather than Below or Selected Paths Only. Individual searches can be exported with Below or Selected Paths Only, because you can import their criteria individually, choose the Path(s) to search, and save the search.

If the Search sets need to be for selective paths, then a possible workaround would be to export the searches with the "Default" path, import them into the nwfs as needed, and change each search individually to the correct path. Its messy, but possible.

This is my guess right now. I'm interested in others opinions on this.