Modify a category in Organizer
You can modify the category rules and make manual changes to the category content.
- To open Organizer, click Manage on the ribbon and then click Organizer.
- Do any of the following:
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Rename a category |
Select a category, right-click and select Rename. |
Add objects to a category |
You can manually add objects to a category.
If you want to add all the objects that you have selected in the model, you can also right-click the category and select Add the selected objects. Click to hold the view in Object Browser. When you hold the view, you can make selections in the model or in the categories without changing the contents shown in Object Browser. To show objects per category in Object Browser, click and select Separate categories. In location categories, when you select objects in one category and add them to another category, the objects are moved to the other category. An object can be in only one lowest level location category within a project. |
Remove objects from a category |
You can manually remove objects from a category.
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Manage manual changes in a category |
You can view in
Object Browser how each object has been included in the category, or why it is not included. Objects can be included in categories either automatically based on category rules, or you can add and remove them manually.
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Modify category rules |
You can modify the subcategory rules of several subcategories at the same time if they have the same subcategory rules, see also Create automated subcategories in Organizer. |
Change the default property template of a category |
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Modify the properties of multiple categories |
The properties you can modify depend on the selected categories. You can, for example, change the default property template or subcategory rules. |
Change the category content to include the highest assembly level |
If you add parts to a category that includes only assemblies, the assembly information is shown in the category. |
Modify the boundary boxes of a building, section or floor category |
The categories you have created using boundary boxes have a blue icon in the category tree. |
Add a floor manually to a building that has an automated location breakdown structure |
You can manually add floors to automated buildings, for example, to collect the objects of special structures within a building into separate categories. The manually added floors do not have a boundary box for automated object collection. You can add objects from any part of the building. You can use the manual floor category, for example, to separate the elevator shaft from the rest of the building.
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Add a category manually to an automated category |
You can manually add categories to automated categories. Manually added categories are not deleted at synchronization even if they do not contain any objects.
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Copy or move a category |
You can copy or move one category and its subcategories at a time.
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