Model > Select

Forward

Restores the next selection after going Back.

Status

The public ask

No public source is on record for this tool.

Installs with

Forward sits in a stack, so installing it also installs:

• Back
• History

Events it listens to

It needs these Navisworks event hooks, so installing it also copies the shared hooks folder:

• selection-changed

Files

Paths are relative to the Playground.extension folder.

• Model.tab/Select.panel/History.stack/Forward.pushbutton/bundle.yaml
• Model.tab/Select.panel/History.stack/Forward.pushbutton/icon.dark.png
• Model.tab/Select.panel/History.stack/Forward.pushbutton/icon.png
• Model.tab/Select.panel/History.stack/Forward.pushbutton/icon.small.dark.png
• Model.tab/Select.panel/History.stack/Forward.pushbutton/icon.small.png
• Model.tab/Select.panel/History.stack/Forward.pushbutton/script.py

Install

1. Only this tool. In Navisworks, click pyNavis > Playground, search for Forward, 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. Forward is on the Model tab, Select 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 -*-
"""Restores the next selection after going Back."""
from pynavis import toast

from namo import sel_history

level, message, detail = sel_history.go(1)
toast.show(level, message, detail)

Library modules this tool uses

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

• namo.sel_historySelection History: every selection recorded per document, Back / Forward / History.

bundle.yaml

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

title: Forward
tooltip: Restores the next selection after going Back.
shortcut: Alt+Right
context: doc