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I have 20 storeys building, each floor has its own objects, for example

floor 1 : Floor 1 bath, Floor 1 kitchen etc.

floor 2 : Floor 2 utility, Floor 2 terrace etc

up to ..

floor 20 : Floor 20 office, Floor 20 meeting etc.

I want to show objects starts with 'Floor 1' , 'Floor 3', 'Floor 12', 'Floor 13' , 'Floor 14' but not starts with other 'Floor XXX' .

I want to display the list in the outliner. Can i do this ?

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  • $\begingroup$ what is the purpose of this? $\endgroup$
    – lemon
    Commented Nov 14, 2020 at 9:13
  • $\begingroup$ I just want to do cross checking between blender and unity . I want to see what 'floor' object exist in blender scene to match into unity. I'm checking floor1 , 3 and 12 ,13,14 and i want to skip floor 2,4,5,....11 . If i just type 'floor ' then there will be too many object in the list so needs me to scroll a lot. Or I have to check per floor. (floor 1 , floor 2, floor 12 ) .. this is the closest i can do. $\endgroup$
    – andio
    Commented Nov 14, 2020 at 10:25
  • $\begingroup$ Maybe create a temporary collection linking them all and remove the unwanted one from it? $\endgroup$
    – lemon
    Commented Nov 14, 2020 at 10:27
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    $\begingroup$ Thanks, i just found the answer using regex by typing : floor [1,3,12-14] . Check my answer below. $\endgroup$
    – andio
    Commented Nov 14, 2020 at 10:40
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    $\begingroup$ Thanks , and you need 2.9 , not working in 2.8 , $\endgroup$
    – andio
    Commented Nov 14, 2020 at 10:59

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I found the solution (only for 2.9 above , not working in 2.8 ) , the search box in outliner can accept regex (unix regex) pattern.

floor [1,3,12-14]

1,3 -> to match floor 1, floor 3

12-14 -> match range between 12 to 14 -> floor 12 , floor 13, floor 14

and will skip other number outside the range 1,3,12-14

We can also use ^ to exclude ( '^' means 'NOT') . For example if we type 'Floor [^143]', it will show everything starts with 'Floor ' but NOT starts with 'Floor 1' , 'Floor 4' and 'Floor 3'.

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    $\begingroup$ What about "floor [^2]" ? $\endgroup$
    – Frank
    Commented Nov 14, 2020 at 11:16
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, works fine, it's just i didn't give enough detail about the case. Not only want to exclude floor 2 . I 've just edited my post to clarify the goal. Btw i will include the ^ in the answer. Thanks for the additional info. $\endgroup$
    – andio
    Commented Nov 14, 2020 at 15:08

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