Some properties shown in the Viewer's Property panel might be inherited from other objects. When using search(), inherited properties won't be taken into account. So it's possible to have an object that lists a property "Structural Material" = "Concrete - Cast-in-Place Concrete", yet when searching for that value that same object will not be returned - see image on top.
A new option for search() was introduced in v7.32 of the Viewer, called includeInherited - see V7 Changelog
If you set it to "true" then our object will now be returned as well - see image on top.
Follow @AdamTheNagy Adam Nagy joined Autodesk back in 2005 and has been providing programming support, consulting, training and evangelism to external developers. He started his career in Budapest, then worked in Prague for 3 years and now lives in South England, UK. At the moment focusing on Inventor and Fusion 360, plus cloud and mobile related technologies. Adam has a degree in Software Engineering and has...