How to Manage Filters and Picklists

The information in this Wiki Page applies to Trainz Plus and TRS22. It describes how to use, create and edit Search Filters and Picklists.

Search Filters provide a way of sifting through the many thousands of installed assets to locate the ones that you want Picklists provide organised lists of commonly used assets that can be grouped together according to any "theme" or common purpose Search Filters and Picklists can be saved and edited For instructions on how to backup a Picklist for safe keeping see  How to Backup a Picklist For instructions on how to move a Picklist to another computer or install see  How to Move a Picklist

Using Existing Search Filters and Picklists

In Surveyor Classic

Surveyor Classic, sometimes referred to as Surveyor 1.0, is supplied in all versions of Trainz

Steps: To use existing filters and Picklists in Surveyor Classic:-
	from the Surveyor Classic screen press  Ctrl  +  Shift  +  F  to open the Search Filter Your copy of Trainz has some Search Filters and a Picklist supplied as "built in"
	select from the following methods to search the assets:- Search Filter:- Steps:  Left Click  on the Down Arrowhead icon to the right of the title Content Search Filter at the top of the window Notes: The first time you open this filter list it will only show the default (installed) Search Filters. If you have saved your own Search Filters (see  Creating Search Filters) then they will also appear in the list. The results of content filter searches are NOT shown in this window but in the assets lists of the relevant Tool Flyouts - such as the  F3  Objects flyout or the  F4  Tracks flyouts. You must open a flyout to see the search results  Left Click  on the the name of the filter to be used. The filter will be applied as soon as it has been selected and the relevant results will appear in the asset list of any open Tool Flyout OR Picklist Search:- Steps:  Left Click  on the Down Arrowhead at the end of the Pick list box select ( Left Click ) the  Change pick list >  option The menu options:-  Sort Ascending  and  Sort Descending  will sort the contents of the open picklist alphabetically  Display thumbnail view  will display the assets as thumbnails select ( Left Click ) on the Picklist to be loaded Notes: The first time you open the Picklists it will only show a single item, the Default Picklist. If you have saved your own Picklists (see  Creating Search Filters) then they will also appear in the list. The contents of the selected Picklist are shown in the Picklist Section of this Search Filter window and NOT in the Tool Flyouts

In Surveyor 2.0  Using Existing Search Filters and Picklists

	Surveyor 2.0 is available in Trainz Plus and TRS22 Platinum only
	All Search Filter and Picklist tasks use the Filter Palette and Assets Palette in Surveyor 2.0
	The Search Filters used in Surveyor 2.0 are created using Content Manager

The Filter Palette and the Assets Palette must be visible on the screen. If they are not then open the Window Menu at the top of the screen or refer to the Trainz Wiki Page  How to Use S20 Palettes

Steps: To use existing filters and Picklists in Surveyor 2.0:- In the Filter Palette  Left Click  on the Asset Type drop down box (showing Ground Textures in the image on the left) or on the double arrowhead as shown on its right to open up its lists of filters. The currently selected Asset Type (e.g. Ground Textures), Search Filter or Picklist will have a in front of its name in the drop down list.

to select and open a specific Asset Type, Search Filter or Picklist  Left Click  on its name. The list shows all the:- Asset Types will list all the installed assets sorted by their Asset Type. These Types are built into Trainz and cannot be altered Search Filters both built in (such as the Faulty and Open for Editing filters) and any that you have created and saved in the middle section Picklists both built in (the Default Picklist) and any that you have created and saved in the lower section The Assets Palette list display will change to show those assets that match the selected Asset Type, Search Filter or Picklist. For example, selecting the saved Picklist Oz Houses will list all the assets that have been added to that particular Picklist. Likewise, selecting the saved Search Filter Updates Available will display all the assets that have a positive match with the filter settings The assets found by the Search Filter or in the Picklist can be narrowed down further by entering a text string in the Search box. For example typing house (UPPER/lower case is not important) will restrict the list to only showing those assets containing the text string "house" in their names or descriptions The Thumbnail icon next to the Search text box will toggle the list of assets between text and thumbnail views. The thumbnail view works best when the Assets Palette is undocked and resized. See the Wiki Page  How to Use S20 Palettes for more information

In Content Manager  Using Existing Search Filters and Picklists

Content Manager is the asset management program that is supplied with all versions of Trainz

Steps: To use existing filters and Picklists in Content Manager:-
	from the Trainz Launcher select  Manage Content
	in Content Manager open the Filter drop down box The list shows all the:- Search Filters both built in (such as the Faulty and Open for Editing filters) and any that you have created and saved are in the upper section Picklists both built in (the Default Picklist) and any that you have created and saved are in the lower section Notes: The Search Filters in Content Manager do not include a separate list of Asset Types (e.g. Track Objects, Scenery Splines) like those found in the Surveyor 2.0 Assets Palette search options. However, you can perform searches of Asset Types by:- constructing Custom filters using the Category data field, OR sorting data using the Type column
	to use a filter or Picklist  Left Click  on its name in the list. For example:- selecting the built-in Search Filter named Faulty will list all installed assets that have a fault such as "missing dependencies". If no assets appear then, congratulations, you have no faulty assets😀 Picklists and Filters can be refined further by entering a text string in the Search box on the right of the Content Manager window. For example typing QLD (UPPER/lower case is not important) will restrict the selected Picklist or Filter to only showing those assets containing the text string "QLD" in their names selecting a Picklist will list all the installed assets that you have added to that Picklist

Creating New Search Filters and Picklists

Picklists that you create can be saved from Content Manager as text (.txt) files. They can also be loaded into Content Manager from text files. Refer to the Wiki Page  How to Backup a Picklist for the details.

In Surveyor Classic  Creating New Search Filters and Picklists

Surveyor Classic, sometimes referred to as Surveyor 1.0, is supplied in all versions of Trainz

	Search Filters created in Surveyor Classic can only be used in Surveyor Classic
	Picklists created in Surveyor Classic can be used and edited in Surveyor 2.0 and Content Manager

Steps: To create filters and Picklists in Surveyor Classic:-

from the Surveyor Classic screen press  Ctrl  +  Shift  +  F  to open the Search Filter Notes: New searches and Picklists are created by:- entering a text string (e.g. house) in the text box at the top of the window. The search results will be shown in the relevant individual Tool Flyouts - such as the  F3  Objects flyout or the  F4  Tracks flyouts. This type of search cannot be saved as a new filter using the Search Filter (the  +  button). The search results will be shown in the relevant individual Tool Flyouts - such as the  F3  Objects flyout or the  F4  Tracks flyouts. This type of search can be saved as a new filter creating and saving a Picklist. The Picklist contents will be shown in the bottom section of this Search Filter window

select from the following methods to create the new search filter or Picklist:- Simple Text Filter:- Steps:  Left Click  in the text box near the top of the Search Filter type any text string (UPPER/lower case does matter) The filter will be applied as soon as you start typing and the relevant results will appear in the asset list of any open Tool Flyout OR Search Filter:- Steps:  Left Click  on the  +  button This search uses filters and text boxes in exactly the same way as Content Manager. It includes the logic operators AND OR and NOT  Left Click  on the first box and select a filter type from the drop down menu  Left Click  on the second box and select a search value from another drop down box or enter a text string. For example:- each click on the  +  button will add another line to the search filters The filter will be applied as soon as you enter a filter line and the relevant results will appear in the asset list of any open Tool Flyout Use the:- to delete a filter line to drag a filter line up or down Tips and techniques used in constructing content searches can be found at  Search Logic Save and Clear Options the  Clear  button will clear (delete all the added lines) and reset the filter the  Save  button will save your filter. You will be asked to enter a name for the new Search Filter  Left Click  on the:- icon to accept the name and save the new filter, OR icon (either one) to cancel the save Search Filters saved in Surveyor Classic will only appear in Surveyor Classic. They will not be accessable in Content Manager or in Surveyor 2.0 OR Picklist:- Steps:  Left Click  on the down arrowhead at the end of the Pick list box select ( Left Click ) the  Create pick list  option Notes: Picklists created and saved here can be accessed and edited in Surveyor 2.0 and Content Manager Once you have created the new picklist you can add assets to it - see Editing Search Filters and Picklists below for the details The menu options:-  Sort Ascending  and  Sort Descending  will sort the contents of the open picklist alphabetically  Display thumbnail view  will display the assets as thumbnails enter a name for the new Picklist  Left Click  on the:- icon to accept the name and save the empty Picklist, OR icon (either one) to cancel the save

In Surveyor 2.0

Creating New Search Filters

Surveyor 2.0 is available in Trainz Plus and TRS22 Platinum only

WARNING: Search Filters created here in Surveyor 2.0 CANNOT be saved as separate filters. Use Content Manager to save Search Filters in Surveyor 2.0 - see In Content Manager below for the details

The Filter Palette and the Assets Palette must be visible on the screen. If they are not then open the Window Menu at the top of the screen or refer to the Trainz Wiki Page  How to Use S20 Palettes

Choose any combinations of the following 3 steps
Optional Step:
	Filter Actions:  At the top of the Filter Palette is a Filter Action drop-down menu that controls how the search filters are applied to your visible Trainz World This step is designed for use with selection tasks. It can be combined with Step and/or Step below to narrow the selection process The Filter Actions drop down list controls how the filters are applied. To open the list  Left Click  on the drop down box or on the double arrows on its right. The top drop down box will provide four actions:- Filter Disabled Filter List Filter Selection Filter Visibility These actions will affect the display and selection of objects in your Trainz World Filter Actions:  Filter Disabled  this action is used in the Bulk Replace Filtered Assets feature. It disables the Filter Palette so that it has no effect on the assets listed by the Assets Palette during the selection of a replacement asset.  Filter List  this action is the default setting for the Filter Palette. It has no effect on the operation of the tools in the Tool Palette or on the objects displayed on the screen in your Trainz World. The filtered list of assets shown in the Filter Toggles and in the Assets Palette will be the result of the search performed by the Filter Selections and other settings.  Filter Selection  this action will restrict the selected tool (e.g. the Placement Tool or the Free Move Tool) to only working on those objects that are in the filtered list shown in the Assets Palette. Objects that are not in the filtered list will still be visible in your Trainz World but they cannot be selected.  Filter Visibility  this action will hide all objects in your Trainz World that are not in the filtered list. The only exceptions are Ground Textures and Effect Layers which will be visible but, unless they are also in the filtered list, they cannot be selected.

Optional Step:

Filter Selection:  In the Filter Palette the row of Asset Icons and the Drop Down Menu below them identify the type of assets that will be shown in the filtered list  This step and Step are suited for searching tasks  This option can be selected by a  Left Click  on a icon that represents the different types of assets or by selecting the type of asset from the drop down list. Options: Choose from:-  Left Click  on an asset selection icon all ground textures all non-spline scenery assets all spline scenery assets all track spline assets all track (non spline) assets (signals, etc) all rolling stock assets all Effect Layer presets OR Left Click the Content Drop-down Box Then select the asset type you want

Optional Step:

Text Selection:  In the Assets Palette the Search box allows you to enter a string of text characters that will be used to search the asset names and their descriptions for a match. Those assets that return a positive match, together with a positive asset type, if one has been set, will be shown in the filtered list  This step and Step are suited for searching tasks  The Search box will accept a <kuid> code or a list of <kuid> codes seperated by commas. This list can be created by Content Manager by selecting the assets followed by the List Assets in New Window option. Copy the asset <kuid> list into your clipboard and paste it into the Assets Palette search box For Example: To search for all Scenery Objects that have the text string "barn" in their name or description:- Steps: In the Filter Palette  Left Click  the icon OR select the  Scenery Objects  option from the  Content  drop down box In the Assets Palette  Search  box type the text barn (UPPER/lower case is not important) and press the  Enter  key This will list all the Scenery Objects containing the text "barn" in their name or description  Left Click  on the required item in the list (e.g. "Dairy Barn") You can enter a search text string without selecting an asset type. The filter will search through all assets types to find matches with your entered search string. Steps: To search all content:- in the Filter Palette Content Drop Down box select the option  All Content  in the Assets Palette  Search  box enter your search text and press the  Enter  key

Creating New Picklists

New Picklists are created in Surveyor 2.0 by selecting an asset in the Assets Palette or by selecting an existing object in the route and using the Info Palette

The Filter Palette, Assets Palette and Info Palette must be visible on the screen. If they are not then open the Window Menu at the top of the screen or refer to the Trainz Wiki Page  How to Use S20 Palettes

Steps: To create new Picklists in Surveyor 2.0:-

using the Filter Palette and the Assets Palette locate and select an asset that will be added to the new (yet to be created) Picklist. You cannot create an empty Picklist Options: Choose one of two methods:- Using the Filter Palette and Assets Palette Steps: To create a Picklist from the Assets Palette:- Use this method if the object you want to add to the new Picklist is not already in the route or is not present in the Surveyor scene in front of you. Using both the Filter Palette and the Assets Palette locate the asset in the list of assets - you can use additional filters to help narrow the search. For example to locate a scenery asset named Dairy Barn:- Select either:- the Scenery Objects icon (it looks like a tree) from the row of icons, OR from the drop down list below the row of icons, select the option  Scenery Objects  ... and type the text barn (UPPER/lower case is not important) into the search text entry box. This will filter all the assets to only show those that are Scenery (non-spline) Objects and have the text "barn" in their names or descriptions. Notes: the text strings dairy and dairy barn would also work but if you are not 100% confident of its actual name then a more general text entry would be a better option if you have identified the asset or multiple assets in Content Manager then their <kuid> codes can be copied into the search box but you can add assets to a new Picklist directly from Content Manager - see  Creating a New Picklist in Content Manager From the displayed list of assets:-  Right Click  on the asset to be added to the Picklist, OR To select multiple assets:-    Shift  +  Left Click  on the first and last in a sequence of multiple assets to be added. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets, OR  Ctrl  +  Left Click  on any number of individual assets to be added. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets Either way, a popout menu will appear. select ( Left Click  on) the option  Add to Picklist >  from the popout menu   then select the option  New Picklist  from the next popout menu The Thumbnail icon next to the Search box will toggle the list of assets between text and thumbnail views. But the thumbnail view works best when the Assets Palette is undocked and resized. See the Wiki Page  How to Use S20 Palettes for more information

OR

Using an Object that is Visible in your Trainz World Steps: To create a Picklist from an existing object:- Use this method if the object you want to add to the new Picklist is already in the route and is present in the Surveyor scene in front of you. using either the Free Move Tool or the Fine Adjustment Tool  Left Click  on the object in the Trainz World to highlight it In the Info Palette  Left Click  on the Down Arrowhead next to the asset name (Aussie Farm Shed 36 in the image below) select the options  Add to Picklist >  and  New Picklist...  from the popout menus An alternative method is to select an object in the Trainz World using the Free Move Tool or the Fine Adjustment Tool while holding down the  Alt  key. This will select the object in the Assets Palette and you can then use steps to in Method above

enter a name for the new Picklist and  Left Click  on:- the  OK  button to accept the name and save the new Picklist. The Picklist will be created and the selected asset will be added, OR the  Cancel  button to cancel the save

In Content Manager

Content Manager is the asset management program that is supplied with all versions of Trainz

Creating New Search Filters

Search Filters created here can be used in Surveyor 2.0 asset searches

Steps: To create filters and Picklists in Content Manager:-
	from the Trainz Launcher select  Manage Content
	the Default preset Filter is named Installed which shows all the assets installed in your copy of Trainz.  Left Click  on the Filter drop down menu box.   select the  Custom...  option. This will load and open the preset Custom filter Each row in the filter contains two boxes the first box is a drop down menu that selects the data field to be searched the second box is either a drop down menu or a text entry box that identifies the contents that is to be found in the selected data field
	edit/add/delete the filter rows and their contents as required. For Example: Edit Filter Rows:- Each Data Field box has a drop down menu.  Left Click  on the box to open its menu and select a field to use in the filter Each Contents box has either:- a drop down menu.  Left Click  on the box to open its menu and select an option to use, OR a text entry box. Enter a text string to be used as the search key for that data field. The box can be left empty - in which case it will serve no purpose Add/Delete Filter Rows:- At the end of each Filter Row is a pair of buttons .  Left Click :- the button to Delete this filter row, OR the button to add a new filter row below this button A sample filter created using these features could look like:- Tips and techniques used in constructing content searches can be found at  Search Logic
	Save the new Search Filter.  Left Click  on the Save button above the filter lines, then:- enter a name for your new filter and either:-  Left Click  on the OK button to save the filter, OR  Left Click  on the Cancel button to cancel the save

Search Logic There are some techniques and "know-how" that can improve the usefulness of your searches:- Multi-line filters force the search to match the assets with ALL the filter lines. For example:- Will search all assets to locate and display only those that meet the following requirements:- be on the Download Station AND not already installed AND classified as Flora AND have Tree in their name The logic operators AND and OR provide some decision making abilities to a search. For example:- Will search all assets to locate and display only those that meet the following requirements:- are installed AND either:- modified on the date shown OR installed on the date shown The logic operator AND NOT adds a different decision making ability. For example:- Will search all assets to locate and display only those that meet the following requirements:- assets are in the Picklist named Animals AND The AND NOT reverses the result of the next filter line, which, by itself would only include assets with a build version number of 3.5 or greater The result of filter is that only assets that are in the Picklist "Animals" and have a build version BELOW 3.5 would be shown. Without the AND NOT filter line the result would be that only assets that are in the Picklist "Animals" and have a build version 3.5 AND ABOVE would be shown.

Creating New Picklists

New Picklists are created in Content Manager by using a Search Filter to display the assets that you want to add to the new Picklist

Steps: To create Picklists in Content Manager:-
	from the Trainz Launcher select  Manage Content
	select an existing Search Filter or Picklist or create a new one that will display at least some of the assets that you want to add to the Picklist. You can change your selected filter or Picklist at any time during the process
	From the displayed list of assets:-  Right Click  on the asset to be added to the Picklist, OR   To select multiple assets:-  Shift  +  Left Click  on the first and last in a sequence of multiple assets to be added. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets, OR  Ctrl  +   Left Click   on any number of individual assets to be added. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets A popout menu will appear.

	select the options  Add to Picklist >  and  New Picklist...	Picklists that you create can be saved from Content Manager as text (.txt) files. They can also be loaded into Content Manager from text files. Refer to the Wiki Page  How to Backup a Picklist for the details.
	enter a name for the new Picklist and  Left Click  on:- the  OK  button to accept the name and save the new Picklist. The Picklist will be created and the selected asset or assets will be added, OR the  Cancel  button to cancel the save

Editing Search Filters and Picklists

In Surveyor Classic  Editing Search Filters

Surveyor Classic, sometimes referred to as Surveyor 1.0, is supplied in all versions of Trainz

Steps: To edit existing search filters in Surveyor Classic:-
	from the Surveyor Classic screen press  Ctrl  +  Shift  +  F  to open the Search Filter  Left Click  on the Down Arrowhead icon to the right of the title Search Filter at the top of the window to list all the filters Notes: The default (installed) Search Filters plus any that you have created and saved (for example Rail Workers) will appear in the menu list

To Delete a filter, select the last option  Delete a Filter  from the popout menu then select the name of the filter to be deleted  Left Click  on the:- icon to delete the selected Picklist, OR icon (either one) to cancel the delete operation

To Edit a filter  Left Click  on its name in the popup menu list to load it into the Search Filter. You then have the options of:- Adding new filter lines -  Left Click  on the  +  button, OR Deleting current filter lines -  Left Click  on the  x  icon of each line to be deleted The  Clear  button will delete all the lines and reset the filter   OR Moving filter lines -  Left Click and Drag  to drag a filter line up or down, OR Altering the content of filter lines -  Left Click  on each data box to change its contents. Tips and techniques used in constructing content searches can be found at  Search Logic.  Save the edited filter  Notes: Search Filters saved in Surveyor Classic will only appear in Surveyor Classic. They will not be accessable in Content Manager or in Surveyor 2.0 If you edit an existing filter you cannot use the same name when you save the new version, it must be given a different name. You can then use Step:  3  above to Delete the original version

Editing Picklists

Steps: To edit existing Picklists in Surveyor Classic:-
	from the Surveyor Classic screen press  Ctrl  +  Shift  +  F  to open the Search Filter
	Left Click  on the Down Arrowhead icon to the right of the title Pick list as shown in the image to list optins

To Delete a Picklist, select the last option  Delete pick list  from the first popout menu then select the name of the Picklist to be deleted  Left Click  on the:- icon to delete the selected Picklist, OR icon (either one) to cancel the delete operation

To Edit a Picklist  Left Click  on  Change pick list >  in the first popup menu and on its name (for example  Railroad Workers ) in the second popup menu to load it into the Search Filter window. There is no need to save your edits. The picklist will be automatically updated after each change You then have the options of:- Adding a New Asset to the Picklist Steps: open the Tool Flyout containing the specific assets you want to add, for example the  F3  Objects Flyout or the  F4  Track Flyout select the asset to be added and  Left Click and Drag  it from the Flyout to the Picklist An alternative method of adding assets to a Picklist is to use the Get Object tool in the Tool Flyouts Steps:  Right Click  on the Get Object tool. It will change to a Get to picklist tool with a clipboard icon  Left Click  on objects (you can click on more than one) in the Trainz World view to add each object to the Picklist when finished adding objects,  Right Click  again on the Get to picklist tool to change it back to the Get Object tool   OR Removing an Asset from the Picklist Simply  Left Click and Drag  out of the Picklist each asset that is to be removed. Drop the asset(s) anywhere in the Trainz World view

In Surveyor 2.0  Editing Search Filters and Picklists

	Surveyor 2.0 is available in Trainz Plus and TRS22 Platinum only
	All Search Filter and Picklist tasks use the Filter Palette and Assets Palette in Surveyor 2.0
	The Search Filters used in Surveyor 2.0 are created using Content Manager

The Filter Palette and the Assets Palette must be visible on the screen. If they are not then open the Window Menu at the top of the screen or refer to the Trainz Wiki Page  How to Use S20 Palettes

Steps: To access your Picklists and Search Filters In the Filter Palette  Left Click  on the Asset Type data box (showing Ground Textures in the image on the left) or on the double arrowhead as shown on its right to open up its lists of filters.

The drop down list shows all the:- Asset Types in the top section will list all the installed assets sorted by their Asset Type. These Types are built into Trainz and cannot be altered Search Filters in the middle section will list all the Search Filters, both built in (such as Faulty and Open for Editing) and those that you have created and saved yourself Picklists in the lower section will list all the Picklist, both built in (the Default Picklist) and those that you have created and saved yourself At the bottom of the drop down list (you may have to scroll down to see it) is an option  Edit Filters and Picklists... . This option will allow you to select and edit a Picklist or Search Filter.  Left Click  on the option  Edit Filters and Picklists... . This will open a new window that will list all the installed Picklists and Search Filters.  Right Click  on the column heading and select the options Insert Column and Filter TYpe This will identify each list item as a Picklist or a Search Filter

	Right Click  on a Search Filter (or Picklist)
This will open a sub-menu. There will be one minor difference between the sub-menus for Search Filters and Picklists
Search Filter   Picklist Notes: Picklists can only be created and their contents edited by using the Surveyor 2.0 Assets Palette You can Rename, Clone and Delete Picklists The Edit option is greyed out for Picklists. The contents of Picklists cannot be edited by this method. See Editing Picklists below for the method used to edit their contents

The Editing options available are:-  Add New Filter  will create a new Search Filter (even if it was a Picklist that was selected)  List Assets in New Window  will open a Content Manager window which will display the results of applying the Search Filter or the contents of the Picklist  Edit  will open a Filter Editor in the window to allow the selected Search Filter to be edited. See Editing Search Filters below for more details. This option cannot be selected for a Picklist  Rename  will rename the selected Search Filter or Picklist. You will be asked to enter a new name  Clone  will create a copy of the selected Search Filter or Picklist. The copy will have the same name as the original but with the text " - Copy" added at the end  Delete  will delete the selected Search Filter or Picklist.  Warning:  You will NOT be asked to confirm the delete order

Editing Search Filters

Steps: To edit the Search Filter instructions:- Using the list of Search Filters and Picklist from opening the  Edit Filters and Picklists...  described above:-
	Right Click  on a Search Filter
	Left Click  on the  Edit  option
This will display Data Fields and Data Values for the the selected Search Filter Filter lines can be:- Added Deleted Changed A  Left Click  on the Save button will save the edited filter using the same name.

For Example: Edit Filter Rows:- Each Data Field box has a drop down menu.  Left Click  on the box to open its menu and select a field to use in the filter Each Contents box has either:- a drop down menu.  Left Click  on the box to open its menu and select an option to use, OR a text entry box. Enter a text string to be used as the search key for that data field. The box can be left empty - in which case it will serve no purpose Add/Delete Filter Rows:- At the end of each Filter Row is a pair of buttons .  Left Click :- the button to Delete this filter row, OR the button to add a new filter row below this button A sample filter created using these features could look like:- Tips and techniques used in constructing content searches can be found at  Search Logic

Editing Picklists

The Filter Palette, Assets Palette and Info Palette must be visible on the screen. If they are not then open the Window Menu at the top of the screen or refer to the Trainz Wiki Page  How to Use S20 Palettes

To ADD assets to a Picklist

Steps: select an asset or object that will be added to the Picklist by using one of two methods below:- Using the Asset List in the Assets Palette Steps: To add an asset from the Assets Palette to a Picklist:- Use this method if the object you want to add to the new Picklist is not already in the route or is not present in the Surveyor scene in front of you. Find the asset in the Asset Palette list of assets - you can use the Search Filters or another Picklist to help narrow the search. For example: To display all scenery objects that have the text dairy barn in their names or descriptions, select one or both of:- Scenery Object Type:- the Scenery Objects icon (it looks like a tree) from the row of icons, OR from the drop down list below the row of icons, select the option  Scenery Objects  AND/OR type a text string (e.g. dairy barn) (UPPER/lower case is not important) into the search text entry box. From the displayed list of assets:-  Right Click  on the asset to be added to the Picklist, OR   To select multiple assets:-    Shift  +  Left Click  on the first and last in a sequence of multiple assets to be added. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets, OR  Ctrl  +  Left Click  on any number of individual assets to be added. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets A popout menu will appear. select ( Left Click  on) the option  Add to Picklist >  from the popout menu A new popout menu will appear. select the name of the destination Picklist from the menu - you may have to scroll down the list to find it There is no need to save your edits. The picklist will be automatically updated after each change

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Using an Existing Object and the Info Palette Steps: To create a Picklist from an existing object:- Use this method if the object you want to add to the new Picklist is already in the route and is present in the Surveyor scene in front of you. using either the Free Move Tool or the Fine Adjustment Tool  Left Click  on the object in the Trainz World to highlight it In the Info Palette  Left Click  on the Down Arrowhead next to the asset name (Sign Station Oz 3b in the image below) select the options  Add to Picklist >  and the name of the destination Picklist from the popout menus An alternative method is to select an object in the Trainz World using the Free Move Tool or the Fine Adjustment Tool while holding down the  Alt  key. This will select the object in the Assets Palette and you can then use steps to in Method above There is no need to save your edits. The picklist will be automatically updated after each change

To REMOVE assets from a Picklist

The Filter Palette and the Assets Palette must be visible on the screen. If they are not then open the Window Menu at the top of the screen or refer to the Trainz Wiki Page  How to Use S20 Palettes

Steps: To remove an asset from a Picklist (see Known Issue on the right):-

In the Filter Palette select the Picklist to be edited In the Assets Palette  Right Click  on the asset to be removed, OR To select multiple assets:-  Shift  +  Left Click  on the first and last in a sequence of multiple assets to be removed. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets, OR  Ctrl  +  Left Click  on any number of individual assets to be removed. Known Issue: A bug has been reported that prevents this method from removing assets from a Picklist. Workarounds: Two alternative solutions are available:- Use the method described in  Editing Picklists in Content Manager below to remove assets from a Picklist Open the Filter Palette Toggle control,  Right Click  on the asset in the toggled list and select  Remove from Picklist

	Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets. A popout menu will appear
	from the popout menu  Left Click  the option  Remove from Picklist . The asset will disappear from the Picklist Notes: Removing the last asset from a picklist will also delete the picklist There is no need to save your edits. The picklist will be automatically updated after each change

In Content Manager  Editing Search Filters and Picklists

Content Manager is the asset management program that is supplied with all versions of Trainz

Steps: To edit Search Filters and Picklists in Content Manager:-
	from the Trainz Launcher select  Manage Content
	Left Click  on the Filter drop down menu From the displayed list of Search Filters and Picklists, scroll down to the bottom and  Left Click  on the  Edit Filters and Picklists...  option This will open a window listing all the Search Filters and Picklists

	Right Click  on a Search Filter or Picklist
This will open a sub-menu. There will be one minor difference between the sub-menus for Search Filters and Picklists
Search Filter   Picklist The contents of Picklists cannot be edited by this method. See Editing Picklists below for the method used to edit their contents

The Editing options available are:-  Add New Filter  will create a new Search Filter (even if it was a Picklist that was selected)  List Assets in New Window  will open a new Content Manager window which will display the results of applying the Search Filter or the contents of the Picklist  Edit  will open a Filter Editor in the window to allow the selected Search Filter to be edited. See Editing Search Filters below for more details. This option cannot be selected for a Picklist  Rename  will rename the selected Search Filter or Picklist. You will be asked to enter a new name  Clone  will create a copy of the selected Search Filter or Picklist. The copy will have the same name as the original but with the text " - Copy" added at the end  Delete  will delete the selected Search Filter or Picklist.  Warning:  You will NOT be asked to confirm the delete order

Editing Search Filters

Steps: To edit the Search Filter instructions:- Using the list of Search Filters and Picklist from opening the  Edit Filters and Picklists...  described above:-
	Right Click  on a Search Filter
	Left Click  on the  Edit  option
This will display Data Fields and Data Values for the the selected Search Filter Filter lines can be:- Added Deleted Changed A  Left Click  on the Save button will save the edited filter using the same name.

For Example: Edit Filter Rows:- Each Data Field box has a drop down menu.  Left Click  on the box to open its menu and select a field to use in the filter Each Contents box has either:- a drop down menu.  Left Click  on the box to open its menu and select an option to use, OR a text entry box. Enter a text string to be used as the search key for that data field. The box can be left empty - in which case it will serve no purpose Add/Delete Filter Rows:- At the end of each Filter Row is a pair of buttons .  Left Click :- the button to Delete this filter row, OR the button to add a new filter row below this button A sample filter created using these features could look like:- Tips and techniques used in constructing content searches can be found at  Search Logic

Editing Picklists

Assets can be added to and removed from Picklists created in Surveyor Classic, Surveyor 2.0 and Content Manager

 Adding Assets 

from the Trainz Launcher select  Manage Content

you can optionally use a Search Filter to narrow down the list of displayed assets to make the selection of new assets easier.  Left Click  on the  Filter  boz and select a suitable Search Filter or construct a Custom filter manually. You can change the filter at any time during the process. For example:-  Right Click  on the asset to be added to the Picklist, OR   To select multiple assets:-    Shift  +  Left Click  on the first and last in a sequence of multiple assets to be added. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets, OR  Ctrl  +  Left Click  on any number of individual assets to be added. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets A popout menu will appear.

select the  Add to Picklist >  option select the destination Picklist from the list

There is no need to save your edits. The picklist will be automatically updated after each change

 Removing Assets 

	from the Trainz Launcher select  Manage Content
	Left Click  on the  Filter  boz and select a Picklist to be edited
	Right Click  on the asset to be removed, OR
	To select multiple assets:-
	Shift  +  Left Click  on the first and last in a sequence of multiple assets to be removed. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets, OR  Ctrl  +  Left Click  on any number of individual assets to be removed. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets A popout menu will appear from the popout menu  Left Click  the option  Remove from Picklist . The asset will disappear from the Picklist Notes: Removing the last asset from a picklist will also delete the picklist There is no need to save your edits. The picklist will be automatically updated after each change

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Trainz Wiki

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This page was created by Trainz user pware in October 2023 and was last updated as shown below.

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