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title: Element Select Filter Setting description: Class containing settings for filtering elements during element selection, such as:

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ElementSelectFilterSetting

Canonical path: NemAll_Python_IFW_Input.ElementSelectFilterSetting

Class containing settings for filtering elements during element selection, such as:

• which layer to consider (active, passive, both)
• which document to consider (active, passive, both)
• query for specific element types

Methods:

• Clear –

  Reset the settings

• GetLayerSelectType –

  Get the layer selection type

• IsBaseClassType –

  Check, whether the element type is a base class type

• IsClear –

  Get the clear state

• IsPointSelect –

  Get the point select state

• IsSelectPassiveInfoElement –

  Get the selection state of a passive info element

• SelectPassiveInfoElement –

  Allow to select passive info element if no active element was found

• SetArchitectureFilterQuery –

  Set a prefabricated filter for all architecture elements

• SetAssoFilterQuery –

  Set a prefabricated filter for all associative view elements

• SetDocumentLayerFilter –

  Set the document and layer filter

• SetDocumentSelectType –

  Set the selection mode for the document (active, passive or all documents)

• SetLayerSelectType –

  Set the layer selection type

• SetPointSelect –

  Set the point select state

• __init__ –

  Overloaded function. See individual overloads.

Attributes:

• LayerSelectType (eLayerSnoopType) –

  Get the layer selection type

LayerSelectType property writable

LayerSelectType: eLayerSnoopType

Get the layer selection type

Clear

Clear()

Reset the settings

GetLayerSelectType

GetLayerSelectType() -> eLayerSnoopType

Get the layer selection type

Returns:

• eLayerSnoopType –

  Return the layer selection type

IsBaseClassType staticmethod

IsBaseClassType(typeID: GUID) -> bool

Check, whether the element type is a base class type

Parameters:

• typeID (GUID) –

  Element type ID

Returns:

• bool –

  Element type is a base class type: true/false

IsClear

IsClear() -> bool

Get the clear state

Returns:

• bool –

  true, if the members contain default values

IsPointSelect

IsPointSelect() -> bool

Get the point select state

Returns:

• bool –

  Point selection is active: true/false

IsSelectPassiveInfoElement

IsSelectPassiveInfoElement() -> bool

Get the selection state of a passive info element

Returns:

• bool –

  Allow to select passive info element if no active element was found: true/false

SelectPassiveInfoElement

SelectPassiveInfoElement()

Allow to select passive info element if no active element was found

SetArchitectureFilterQuery

SetArchitectureFilterQuery(positive: bool = True)

Set a prefabricated filter for all architecture elements

Parameters:

• positive (bool, default: True ) –

  if the filter will true for architecture elements otherwise the filter will be false for architecture elements

SetAssoFilterQuery

SetAssoFilterQuery(positive: bool = True)

Set a prefabricated filter for all associative view elements

Parameters:

• positive (bool, default: True ) –

  if the filter will true for associative view elements otherwise the filter will be false for associative view elements

SetDocumentLayerFilter

SetDocumentLayerFilter(bSnoopAllElements: bool)

Set the document and layer filter

Parameters:

• bSnoopAllElements (bool) –

  Snoop all elements: true/false

SetDocumentSelectType

SetDocumentSelectType(documentSnoopType: eDocumentSnoopType)

Set the selection mode for the document (active, passive or all documents)

Parameters:

• documentSnoopType (eDocumentSnoopType) –

  Selection mode for the document (active, passive or all documents)

SetLayerSelectType

SetLayerSelectType(layerSnoopType: eLayerSnoopType)

Set the layer selection type

Parameters:

• layerSnoopType (eLayerSnoopType) –

  Type of the allowed layers for the selection

SetPointSelect

SetPointSelect()

Set the point select state

__init__ overloaded

__init__()

Construct the filter with default settings:

• filter only active layers (eSnoopActiveLayers)
• filter only active documents (eSnoopActiveDocuments)
• query is empty (all elements can be selected)

__init__(bSnoopAllElements: bool)

Construct the filter with an empty element type query (all type of elements can be selected)

Parameters:

• bSnoopAllElements (bool) –

  True will consider elements on both active and passive layers and documents. False will consider elements on active layers and documents only

__init__(filter: SelectionQuery, bSnoopAllElements: bool)

Construct the filter with a custom element type query

Parameters:

• filter (SelectionQuery) –

  Query for specific elements to search for

• bSnoopAllElements (bool) –

  True will consider elements on both active and passive layers and documents. False will consider elements on active layers and documents only

__init__(
    filter: SelectionQuery,
    documentSnoopType: eDocumentSnoopType = eSnoopActiveDocuments,
    layerSnoopType: eLayerSnoopType = eSnoopActiveLayers,
)

Constructor

default value for eObjectSelectType == SEL_ALL

Parameters:

• filter (SelectionQuery) –

  Filter for the type of the object to search for

• documentSnoopType (eDocumentSnoopType, default: eSnoopActiveDocuments ) –

  Selection mode for the document (active, passive or all documents)

• layerSnoopType (eLayerSnoopType, default: eSnoopActiveLayers ) –

  Selection mode for the layer (active, passive or all layers)

__init__(selectSetting: ElementSelectFilterSetting)

Copy Constructor

Parameters:

• selectSetting (ElementSelectFilterSetting) –

  Filter settings to copy

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