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ZeroLengthCurve  
#1 Posted : Sunday, September 11, 2022 1:00:16 AM(UTC)
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Task-Oriented Sub-Filtering/Linking Between Inspector, Concept Explorer, and Select Mask



Enhanced Usability of Concept Explorer, Select Mask, and Inspector



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If I recall correctly, there once was a temporarily-present then hastily-withdrawn feature in the Select Mask, the feature being a text entry box to letter-by-letter down-filter the layers having hunted characters in their names. Perhaps it could mimic a REGEX-type of filtering, or act like a lightly-powered search engine IN THE GUI, not part of PowerPack.

Such a feature should not be a defensible patent feature, and Shark should have it.

It would be nice, further, if a down-filtered Select Mask action concurrently makes the Concept Explorer likewise temporarily de-clutter itself. In other words, hide from selectability tree/branch layers not being edited at the moment.

For models having multitudes of layers, this would dramatically reduce endless scrolling, elevator hunting, and botched Control+Click actions.

Further, the Select Mask could be enhanced if a sliver of each pane offered check boxes that can be assigned to a date, time, or task list. The user could wither create a small notepad file of keywords, or outeight select geometry, or type in text strings into a downfilter box, then save it out.

Shark doesn't have to KEEP it in its own config files, but could know how to generate, save, and open such files so a user can be helped to focus on certain tasks when the drawing is huge and offers too many distractive or interesting things to go off-task with.




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