Filter
- Last UpdatedAug 14, 2025
- 4 minute read
There are several ways to filter comment threads, filter by information, highlighting, and quick text filter. All these filters work on the selected scope. If selected scope is Current Element (CE), only comment threads linked to the Current Element will be shown independent of how the filters are set.
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Filter |
Click to access the Filter information. |
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Highlight |
Click to highlight all elements in the current canvas and in the selected scope that are linked to a comment thread. |
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Refresh |
When scope is changed the list of comment threads is refreshed automatically. However, in the below cases the list of comment threads is not updated automatically and you must click Refresh.
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After clicking Filter the Filter pane is displayed.
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Clear Filter |
Clears the current filter. |
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User |
Displays comment threads with a comment post created by one of the selected users. The list of users is limited to creators of comment posts in the comment threads for the selected scope. |
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State |
Displays comment threads on one of the selected states: All, Closed, Open and Obsolete.
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Date |
Displays comment threads with a comment post created within the selected date range.
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UDA |
Displays comment threads with a UDA matching the selected values. |
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Action |
Displays comment threads with a comment post created within the selected action range.
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Department |
Displays comment threads with a comment post created within the selected department range.
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Priority |
Displays comment threads with a comment post created within the selected priority range.
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Click OK to use the defined filter or Cancel to discard any changes.
Each comment thread is displayed as a tile on the Threads page.
Each comment thread tile contains the following information,
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Subject
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UDAs and their values (if any have been defined)
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Date & time when the comment thread was last updated
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User that created the latest comment post, Number of comment posts in the comment thread
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An icon showing the state (only if state is Closed or Obsolete).
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The name and image of the element the comment thread is linked to. If the comment thread is linked to more than one element a general icon is shown instead with the text <n> Elements. If the element is not in the 3D view a general icon is shown instead.
If selected scope is Current Element and there are no threads linked to the current element but there are comment threads linked to any of the elements in the owner hierarchy, a link Threads in owner hierarchy is displayed.
Click Threads in owner hierarchy to view comment threads linked to the owner element.
To view the details of a comment thread, either click the comment thread tile or right-click on the comment thread and select Open from the list.
To change a comment thread to Closed, right-click on the comment thread tile and select Close Thread from the list.
To change a Closed comment thread back to Open, right-click on the comment thread tile and select Re-open Thread from the list.
To change a comment thread to Obsolete, right-click on the comment thread tile and select Mark Thread Obsolete from the list.
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This can only be done by the creator of the comment thread.
If there are no comment threads linked to any element in the selected scope, There are no threads for the selected scope is displayed.
