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Selection panel

 

Use the Selection panel to select objects in the same part that are similar or related to the object currently selected. The results list is based on the geometry you select for the search. For example, we searched based on the round face highlighted in the image below. See the examples below to see what happens when you click on each of the search results.

 

 

To select objects similar to the currently selected object

  1. Select any 3D object.

  2. Click the Selection tabClosed to display the Selection panel.

    The Selection tabClosed is initially located at the bottom of the Structure panel.

  3. (Optional) Select the All bodies option to search all bodies in the active component.

    The following selection categories can be selected on more than one body:

  4. (Optional) Select a category from the drop-down list to show only those objects with the selected relationship.

    Select All Types to display all the geometry related to your selection.

    Selection categories

    Category Description Example Selection types

    Bodies

    Bodies based on volume compared with the currently selected body.

    This power selection category is especially useful when you need to find and delete multiple, small items in a design, such as fasteners.

    All bodies with volume <=, =, or >= the volume of the currently selected body

    CoaxialClosed faces

    Objects with the same axis

    CoaxialClosed hole

    CoaxialClosed protrusion

    CoaxialClosed cylinder

    CoaxialClosed surfaces

    Components All instances of the selected component.   Components

    Edges

    Edges that are like the currently selected edge

    Edges with same length

    Edges with same length and same orientation

    Edges with same length in same face

    SurfaceClosed edge loop

    Hard sheet metal edges

    Features

    GroupsClosed of faces that form protrusions, depressions, inner faces, or that enclose other faces

    Protrusion

    Depression

    Inner faces

    Enclosed by

    Midsurface FaceClosed Thickness

    Midsurface faces with the same thickness   Faces and Bodies

    OffsetClosed faces

    Faces that have an offset relationship defined

    All offset baseline faces

    All offset faces

    Faces with same offset

    All coincident faces

    Patterns

    Pattern members, entire patterns, or recognized patterns

    Pattern member

    Recognized pattern

    All pattern members

    NoteClosed:

    If the pattern does not have a pattern relationship in [%=General.ProductName%, you must hold Alt and select the face that contains the pattern members in order to select a recognized pattern.

    Rounds

    Rounds and chamfers

    Equal radius rounds

    Equal or smaller radius rounds

    Equal or smaller-sized chamfers

    Variable radius roundClosed faces and chains of faces even if they are composed of a mix of constant and variable faces

    Same Color

    Faces of the same color   Faces
    Same CurveClosed Type Curves of the same color, type, and length   Faces with the same color as the originally selected face
    Same Hole DimensionsClosed Standard Holes with the same Hole DimensionsClosed   Standard Holes

    Same size

    Faces that have the same radius or area

    Equal radius cylinder

    Equal radius hole

    Equal radius protrusion

    Faces with the same area

    Holes equal to or smaller than

    SurfaceClosed holes equal to or smaller than

    Sheet Metal Sheet Metal objects  

    Miter Corners

    Same Junction type and parameters

    Beads and Forms with the same parameters

     

  5. (Optional) If you turn off Automatically calculate power selection results in the Selection options, then you must click to search for related objects in your design. Otherwise, the search results are automatically displayed.

    Related objects are displayed in the main area of the panel. Mouse over the objects in the list to highlight those objects in the Design windowClosed.

  6. (Optional) Set the Power Selection Relative Tolerance in the Selection options to find items within a tolerance of the target size.

  7. (Optional) Click on a blue link to change that parameter in the search.
  8. Click any number of the related objects in the list to add them to the current selection.

    You can Ctrl+click to select multiple objects.

To find all the edge loops of a surface

  1. Select a surface that contains one edge loop.

  2. Select SurfaceClosed EdgeClosed Loop in the category list.

    This option is useful when edge loops appear on top of each other in the Design windowClosed.

To select and create recognized patterns

  1. Select a protrusion or depression that is a member of the pattern.

  2. Hold Alt and select the planar face that contains the potential pattern.

    You must select this face in order to recognize a pattern.

  3. Select Recognized Pattern from the Related list.

  4. Right-click the potential pattern and select Create Pattern from the context menu to convert the selected protrusions or depressions into a pattern.
  5. (Optional) Select a face of a pattern member to display the count and dimensions for editing.

To select faces that surround an internal void

  1. Click a face of the solid with internal faces.

  2. Select Inner Faces from the category list.

To find all faces within the range of areas between two faces

  1. Select two faces.

  2. Click in the Selection panel.

    The search results display all faces in your design with an area between the two faces you selected.

     

To select all same color faces

  1. Open a model with different colors on multiple faces of the model.

  2. Select a face of a particular color

  3. Click on the Selection panel tab in the Structure Tree

  4. Click on the Faces with same color option under the Same color folder in the Selection panel
  5. All the faces with the same color as the originally selected face will be selected.

Examples

 

We selected the round face highlighted above.

 

The faces highlighted above are selected when you click All rounds are equal to or smaller than 4.34mm.

 

 

The faces highlighted above are selected when you click Depression.

 

 

The faces highlighted above are selected when you click SurfaceClosed edge loop.


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