Selection panel

Previous and Next

Select and zoom to one remembered item at a time, walking the list from the keyboard.

What it does#

Selects a single item from the memory and zooms to it, then the one after it, then the next. This is how you walk a list of items you found earlier without losing your place: review each clash element, each unresolved comment, each item on a snag list.

How to use it#

1. Remember the list of items to review.
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+Right. The first item is selected and the camera zooms to it.
3. Keep pressing. Both directions wrap around, so Next at the end returns to the start.

Limitations#

• The camera move cannot be undone. Save a viewpoint first if you want to come back.
• The order is the order the items were stored in, which is the order Navisworks listed them at Remember time.

Other uses#

• A quick model walkthrough for a meeting: Remember the ten things to show, then step through them with one hand while talking.

Source#

The tool's own files, word for word as shipped in Selection.panel/Step.stack/Next.pushbutton. Every pyNavis tool is an ordinary bundle: copy these into your own extension and change what you like.

"""Selects the next item in memory and zooms to it.

Wraps around at the end. The camera move cannot be undone.
"""

from pynavis import memory, toast

result = memory.step_next()
toast.show(result.level, result.message, result.detail)

shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+Right