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Bulk Property Writer

Writes up to 10 custom properties to the selected items in one step, merged into an existing tab, or writes a spreadsheet's columns to the objects its Element ID, GUID or property column matches, with a preview of matched, unmatched and ambiguous rows first.

Status

Related asks to confirm

No quote is on record yet. These threads look related, but a person still has to open and read them.

• https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/navisworks-forum/adding-new-properties-to-an-object-with-an-sql-string-through/m-p/6220511

Events it listens to

None. It runs only when you click it.

Files

Paths are relative to the Playground.extension folder.

• Model.tab/Data.panel/Write_Data.pulldown/Bulk_Property_Writer.pushbutton/bundle.yaml
• Model.tab/Data.panel/Write_Data.pulldown/Bulk_Property_Writer.pushbutton/icon.dark.png
• Model.tab/Data.panel/Write_Data.pulldown/Bulk_Property_Writer.pushbutton/icon.png
• Model.tab/Data.panel/Write_Data.pulldown/Bulk_Property_Writer.pushbutton/icon.small.dark.png
• Model.tab/Data.panel/Write_Data.pulldown/Bulk_Property_Writer.pushbutton/icon.small.png
• Model.tab/Data.panel/Write_Data.pulldown/Bulk_Property_Writer.pushbutton/script.py

Install

1. Only this tool. In Navisworks, click pyNavis > Playground, search for Bulk Property Writer, tick it and click Install.
2. The whole extension. Download Playground.extension.zip, unzip it, put the Playground.extension folder in %APPDATA%\pyNavis\extensions\, and click pyNavis > Reload. Bulk Property Writer is on the Model tab, Data panel.

You need pyNavis 1.3.0 or later.

Source

The tool's own files, word for word as published in pynavis/Playground. Paths are relative to the Playground.extension folder.

script.py

The script that runs on a click.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Writes custom properties to the selection, or from a spreadsheet matched to model items."""
from pynavis import script, toast

from namo import data_common, data_write, ui


def run():
    if ui.is_runner():
        toast.info('Bulk Property Writer needs the Navisworks window', 'It cannot open under pynavis run.')
        return
    doc = data_common.active_doc()
    if not data_common.has_models(doc):
        data_common.no_model_toast()
        return
    data_write.bulk_flow(script.bind(), doc)


run()

Library modules this tool uses

From the shared namo library, which installs with every tool. Each name opens the module on GitHub.

• namo.data_commonShared plumbing for the Inspect and Data panel tools: progress stages, where files go by default, the scope dialog fields, and the small checks every button starts with.
• namo.data_writeThe Write Data pulldown's dialogs and flows: Bulk Property Writer, Find and Replace, Property Mapper and External Data Link. The logic they rest on (planning, matching, mapping, writing inside one transaction) is namo.propwrite; this module asks, previews and reports. Every flow takes the BoundScript `me` (settings) and the document, returns nothing and toasts every outcome; cancelling any dialog is silent.
• namo.uiWPF building blocks for Playground tools, themed from the pyNavis design system.

bundle.yaml

The bundle contract: the keys pyNavis reads for this tool.

title: Bulk Property Writer
tooltip: Writes up to 10 custom properties to the selected items in one step, merged into an existing tab, or writes a spreadsheet's columns to the objects its Element ID, GUID or property column matches, with a preview of matched, unmatched and ambiguous rows first.
context: doc