SelectionManager
The SelectionManager combines and replaces contour and smart selection
while offering enhanced selection capability. The SelectionManager is
available in loft, sweep, and boundary surface features, and for path mates.
With the SelectionManager you can:
Select edges and sketch
entities, which was not possible in smart selection.
Select entities across
multiple sketches as well as in combination with model edges.
Trim and extend open
selection sets at both ends, regardless of how you create them.
Snap parametric trim
points to geometry, so if you modify the geometry, the trim is modified.
Use direction manipulators
to choose between different solutions that match the current selection
tool. Click the manipulators to select the desired loop. In this example
with the Select Closed Loop tool, you toggle between two loops and right-click to select
the bottom loop.
Right-click to accept
the selection. If there is enough information to define a solution set,
the pointer changes to .
Tool |
Description |
OK |
Accepts the selection. |
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Cancel |
Cancels the selection and closes the SelectionManager. |
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Clear All |
Clears all items in the selection set being created or edited. |
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Select Closed Loop |
Selects the entire closed loop when you select any segment of the closed
loop. Closed loops are:
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Select Open Loop |
Selects all chained entities when you select one entity. Chained entities
include parametric selections in 2D and 3D sketches. |
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Select Group |
Selects one or more individual entities. Selections can propagate to
include tangent entities on both ends of a selected entity. |
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Select Region |
Selects parametric regions as currently available in 2D sketch when
in Contour
Selection mode. |
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Standard Selection |
Uses regular selection, the same as available when the SelectionManager
is not activated. |
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Auto-OK selections |
Available when you push in the push pin and use closed
loop, open loop, or region selection. Automatically accepts the selection
and puts it in the selection list. |
To access the SelectionManager:
Activate a supported
tool (loft, sweep, or boundary surface).
Do one of the following:
If the entire selected 2D
or 3D sketch is valid as the selected parameter, the SelectionManager
does not appear. For example, if a 3D sketch contains multiple entities
that together are valid as a guide curve, and you select that 3D sketch
as a guide curve, the SelectionManager does not appear.
When the SelectionManager is active, the
Confirmation Corner changes to
, which allows you to accept the selection and exit, or
to cancel the SelectionManager.
To edit entities in the SelectionManager:
Select and accept entities using the SelectionManager.
In the PropertyManager, right-click the entity
and choose Edit Selection.
- or -
Double-click the entity name in the PropertyManager.
Double-clicking the entity
in the graphics area does not
activate Edit mode.
Edit the entity.
Right-click and select to accept
the edits and close the SelectionManager.
Example of how to use the SelectionManager:
Open a part with a sketch. In this example, you
create a loft from the sketch.
Click Lofted
Boss/Base (Features toolbar).
Select the sketch line shown.
The SelectionManager appears. The Select
Group tool is active.
In the SelectionManager, click the pushpin so
the SelectionManager remains available.
Select the three connecting sketch entities, then
click .
Closed Group<1>
appears under Profiles .
In the SelectionManager:
Click Select
Closed Loop .
Select Auto-OK
selections.
Select the two loops one-by-one in approximately
the same area to automatically add them to Profiles
in the PropertyManager as Closed
Loop<1> and <2>.
Use Select Open
Loop to select the four Guide
Curves .
Click .