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Menu commands «Select» |
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You can use menu commands to select objects in the graphics area Select. The following methods are available:
•Selecting objects by marquee (encompassing and section),
•Selecting component by proximity level (only for assemblies),
•Selecting a component by its source file path (assemblies only),
•Selecting objects by layer belonging,
•Selecting objects using zones,
•Selecting objects based on their visibility.
After selecting several objects with one of the commands, you can call another selection command and continue selecting — the selection is not removed from the previously selected objects.
If you want to cancel the selection, click the mouse in the graphics area or press the key <Esc>.
To select objects using a marquee, use the following menu commands: Select:
By marquee — allows select all objects that are entirely within the marquee. The marquee is displayed as a solid line and filled with blue.
By cutting marquee — allows you to select all objects that are at least partially within the marquee. The frame is displayed as a dotted line and filled with light green.
Procedure
1.Call one of the marquee selection commands. An on-off switch will appear in the Parameter panel Obstructed objects.
2.Set the on-off switch Obstructed objects in required position:
•Select — to select objects without taking into account their visibility, i.e. both visible objects and obscured objects will be selected.
•Do not select — to select only those objects that are fully or partially visible on the screen; objects obscured by other objects will not be selected.
3.Point the cursor at the first and second vertices of the rectangular marquee. The objects will be selected.
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To ensure that only objects of certain types are selected when selecting a frame, enable the appropriate filters. Details about using filters... |
4.Continue selecting objects by creating new marquees. Newly selected objects will be added to the objects selected earlier.
5.After selecting all the required objects, complete the command by clicking the button Finish 
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Features of selecting objects using a marquee
•During the execution of the frame selection commands, only objects are added to the previously selected ones. Deselection of an object and inversion of the selection are possible after the command is completed. (see. section Specifying objects in the graphic area).
•An object that is in a marquee may include other objects. For example, a broken line consists of edges and vertices, a body consists of edges, vertices and faces, etc. When it is in a marquee, this “composite” object itself becomes specified, and not the objects included in it. For example, when running the command Select — By cutting marquee a part of broken line containing several edges and vertices has been captured in the marquee. As a result, the broken line itself (in full) will be selected, and not its edges and vertices.
•If the model section mode is anabled, then using the marquee you can select only those objects that are at least partially visible on the screen. Objects that are completely within the section part (not displayed on the screen) cannot be selected.
To select an object using the Select — By marquee command , the entire remaining part of the object on the screen must be within the frame. Using the Select — By section marquee has no special features.
•The marquee selection commands can be called while other commands are running — building objects, creating copies, etc. In this case, the object selection command is launched as a subprocess, and after its completion, the system returns to the current command. The selected objects are used to execute the current command, their names are displayed in the fields of the Parameter panel.
In process of creating a copy of geometric objects of model from file the window Model-source is used. The marquee selection commands work in this window the same way as in the main KOMPAS-3D window. When using this window in other processes, the marquee selection commands are not available.
Selecting component by proximity level
When working with an assembly, you can select components by their proximity to an already specified component. To do this, use the Select — Select nearest command. After calling the command, the corresponding controls appear on the Parameters panel.
Procedure
1.Specify in the graphic area or in the Design tree the component relative to which the other component(s) will be selected. The specified component and its bounding box will be highlighted. The name of the component will appear in the Base component field on the Parameters panel.
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The component can be specified before calling the command. |
2.Select the method for selecting components in the Method field. The following options are available:
•By matings — components are selected that are connected to each other by conjugations. The «length of the chain» of conjugations in which the selected component participates is determined by the level of proximity to the specified component.
The level of proximity is set in the field Proximity level. Its current value (an integer) is displayed in the field on the right. The field is available for manual input. Immediately after calling the command, the proximity level is 0. When moving the "slider" to the right, the proximity level increases. At level 1, components associated with the specified one are highlighted, at level 2, the components selected at level 1 and the components associated with them, etc.
•By size — components that fall within the bounding box of the specified component, scaled with some automatically determined coefficient (the "selecting" parallelepiped) are selected. The relative value of the coefficient is determined by the level of proximity: the higher the level, the greater the coefficient. The level of proximity is specified in the field Proximity level. Its current value is displayed in the field on the right. By default, the proximity level is 0, in which case the "selecting" parallelepiped coincides with the bounding box of the specified component. As the proximity level increases, the dimensions of the "selecting" parallelepiped increase, and the set of components to be selected also changes.
You can control the selection of components that fall into the parallelepiped. The switch is used for this Secant size/Covering size. By default, the switch is in the position Secant size.This means that components that are at least partially within the box will be highlighted. If the switch is in the position Covering size, then the components that are completely within the parallelepiped will be selected.
•By distance — components are selected which distance to the specified component does not exceed a specified value.
Set the maximum distance between the specified component and the specified ones in the field Distance.
The selected component, like the specified component, is highlighted in the graphic area. The colors in which the components are displayed depend on the setting. The color specified in the line is used for the specified component Highlighting — Specified object 1, and for specified component — in line Highlighting — Specified object 2.
3.If you want to select first-level components, i.e. those inserted directly into the current assembly, enable the option Select first-level component. In this mode, not individual parts for which the conditions specified in the command are met are selected, but entire components of the first level of the assembly, which these parts are included in.
4.If necessary, the selected components can be isolated, i.e. hide the remaining components of the assembly. For this purpose, use the option Isolate. When the option is enabled, it starts isolation mode.
5.To confirm the operation, click the button Create object 
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The result depends on the state of the option Isolate:
•When this option is enabled, the specified and selected components remain on the screen, and the isolation mode icon appears in the upper right corner of the window 
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•When the option is disabled, the specified and selected components are highlighted in color for selected objects.
Selecting a component by its source file path
When working with an assembly, you can use the paths to the source files of its components to select those components. To select components this way, call the command Select — By source.
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Command Select — By source can be called during the execution of other commands, for example, the command Replace components |
After calling the command, the following appears on the Parameters panel:
•component table,
•a set of buttons for filtering components by their types,
•search field.
Procedure
1.View the component table.
The table is designed to display a list of components of the current model, the sources of which are external files. By default, the list includes components of all types of all assembly levels.
If several components of any nesting levels have one source file, then the table shows:
•for inserts of the same type — one common line,
•for inserts of the different types — one line for each type.
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No components are added to the table, excluded from calculation, and components with loading type Empty or Size — neither these components themselves nor the components they contain are displayed. Components included in local inserts are shown in the table if their sources are external files. However, local inserts themselves are not included in the table. |
The table consists of the following columns:
•Type — contains icons that represent the types of components in Model Design tree; the same icons are shown on the filter buttons located above the table (see below),
•File name — contains the names of the component source files,
•Source — contains links to the component source files. Sorting by the values of each table column is available. To sort, click the mouse on the header of the desired column. The order of objects in the column will change, and the icon 
will appear in its title. For example, in case of sorting by column File name The components in the table will be arranged in alphabetical order. Clicking on the column title again will reverse the order of the objects. The title will display the icon 
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2.If you want to keep only certain types of components in the table, click the buttons with icons of these types above the table. The following options are available:
Part,
Assembly,
Technological assembly,
Part-blank,
Standard parts,
Detailing geometry.
3.To search for a component in the table, enter in the field Search characters that are contained in the path to its source file. Press the <Enter> key. Only components whose paths contain the specified characters will remain in the table.
4.Select the required components using the following methods:
•Select a component row in the table.
When you select another row, the previous selection is reset. Therefore, if you need to select several components, select their rows while holding down the <Shift> or <Ctrl> key.
The selected components are highlighted in the graphic area and in the Model Design tree.
•Specify the component object in the graphic area or the component itself in the Design Tree. Only components whose rows are in the table are available for specifying.
You can specify several components sequentially - the selection of previously specified ones is not canceled.
If the model of the specified component is the source of several insertions of the same type, then all these insertions are selected. The selected components are highlighted in the graphic area and in the Design Tree, and the corresponding rows are highlighted in the table.
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If a table row contains a source model of several inserts, then when it is selected, all these inserts of all nesting levels will be selected. They will be highlighted in the Tree and in the graphic area. |
5.To confirm the operation, click the button Create object . The command will complete. The components will be highlighted in the graphic area and in the Model tree.
6.To abort the command without selecting components, press the button Finish .
Selecting objects by layer belonging
Commands for selecting objects using layers are located in the menu Select — By layer. The menu contains the following commands:
•By clicking 
— selects all objects that belong to the same layer as the specified object. After calling the command, specify the object in the Tree or in the graphic area.
If you want to interrupt the work of the command before it is completed, click Finish in the Parameter panel title or press the key <Esc>.
If the selection command is called during the execution of another command — building an object, creating a copy, etc., then it is launched as a subprocess, and after its execution is completed, the system returns to the execution of the current command. The selected objects are used to execute the current command, their names are displayed in the fields of the Parameter panel.
•Selection... — selects all objects lying on the selected layers.
•After calling the command, a list of layers available in the current model appears on the Parameters panel. Select the required layers from the list and click the button Create object .
If the command for selecting objects by selecting a layer is called while another command is running, then after closing the dialog, the system returns to the current command. The selected objects are used to execute the current command, their names are displayed in the fields of the Parameters panel.
The commands for selecting objects using zones are in the menu Select — By zone. These commands are available if zones were created in the model when editing it in KOMPAS-3D. The menu contains the following commands:
•Select inside zone 
— selects objects that lie inside the zone, including objects that touch the zone boundaries.
•Select outside zone 
— selects objects that lie side the zone, including objects that touch the zone boundaries.
•Select as cutting zone 
— highlights objects that lie inside the zone, as well as objects that cross the zone boundary.
The zone to be selected must be selected before calling the command. If no zone is selected, the current zone is used.
Commands for selection by zone can be called during the execution of other commands - building objects, creating copies, etc. In this case, selection is only possible by the current zone. The selected objects are used to execute the current command, their names are displayed in the fields of the Parameter panel.
Details about selecting objects using zones...
Selecting components by position relative to the dimension f other components
Selecting components by position relative to the dimensions of other components When working with an assembly, you can use the dimensional parallelepiped of its component(s) to select it. Such selection is performed using the menu commands Select — By size. The commands are available if one or more components that define the outline are selected in the model.
The menu contains the following commands:
•Components inside size — selects a group of components that are located entirely within the overall parallelepiped of the specified components. The selection is removed from the components that determined the overall sizes.
•Components outside size — selects a group of components that are located entirely outside the overall parallelepiped of the specified components. The selection is removed from the components that determined the overall sizes.
Selecting objects based on their visibility
Commands for selecting objects based on their visibility are in the menu Select — By visibility.The menu contains the following commands:
•Solids, that are visible in projections to base planes — selects bodies and surfaces that are not obscured by other objects in all standard orientations.
•Solids, that are not visible in projections to base planes — selects bodies and surfaces that are completely obscured by other objects in all standard orientations.
•Solids, that are visible in projections to base planes (only when working with an assembly) — selects components that are not obscured by other objects in all standard orientations.
•Solids, that are not visible in projections to base planes (only when working with assembly) — Selects components that are completely obscured by other objects in all standard orientations.
Commands for selecting objects by visibility are available during the execution of other commands — building objects, creating copies, etc. However, the selection is performed only if the called command is intended to select objects of the type used to execute the current command. For example, when building an array, all commands work — both the commands for selecting bodies and the commands for selecting components, when creating components by specularity — only the commands for selecting components, and when creating a copy — only the commands for selecting bodies.
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Selecting objects by their visibility has the following features. •When creating an array, the body selection commands select either bodies or surfaces (depending on what objects are in the model). If the model contains both bodies and surfaces, then bodies are selected. •When working with an assembly, the body selection commands select bodies and surfaces of all nesting levels, i.e. those built in the assembly, in its components, subassembly components, and further to the full depth. |
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