Parameter values in the Entity Editor, as well as attributes in browser columns that
require a selection pop out an embedded entity selector when clicked. All controls,
shortcuts, and behaviors for this entity selector are the same as any other, except
for a few differences in buttons layout.Figure 1.
Click or press "/" to select by
typing names or IDs. While typing, the selection search function provides live
suggestions of:
Entity names that contain the typed search terms (separated by space)
somewhere in their name.
Tip: If you
wish to treat spaces as characters instead of search term
separators, turn on the Match Exact Phrase
option in the Preferences dialog, located in File > Preferences > Browsers > Selection Search.
Entity IDs that begin with a numeric search term.
A live suggestions list will show partial matches for names and IDs while
typing, up to a certain number (configurable in File > Preferences > Browsers > Selection Search). If the model contains more partial matches than listed in
the suggestions list, click Browse More, or press
Ctrl + Enter, to browse and select from the full
partial match list.
Tip: Live partial match
suggestions are available for entity counts of up to 100,000. However,
you can still select by typing names or IDs regardless of model size,
and full match suggestions will be still provided and
selectable.
To confirm your selection, click .
To cancel your selection, click .
Select Set Segments
The following additional functionalities are available in the entity selector when editing the contents of a set segment.
Use standard selection controls to append or deselect elements, facets, faces,
or edges where the segments are defined.
Click to reverse or align segment
directions using the Adjust Directions dialog. The reverse
function flips all or some segment directions simultaneously. The align function
is only available for segments defined on shell elements.
Tip: When aligning segments on shell elements, you can
manually specify a reference element to align to by toggling the switch from
Auto to Reference mode.
When selecting 3D elements, segments are added to their outside faces only,
based on the current display state.
Tip: While
selecting set segment contents, you can freely switch between supported
selection types (for example: elements, facets, faces) and the current
selections are converted accordingly.
The following restrictions and considerations apply when selecting set segment
contents:
A single set segment can contain either face (2D) segments, or edge (1D)
segments, but not a mixture of both.
When using box selection, if a mixture of 1D/2D elements is
detected, the 2D elements are given priority. Only the 2D elements
inside the box are selected and any 1D elements are ignored.
Switching the selection type between elements, faces, and facets is
supported, but some conversions might result in additional segments.
Example 1: A single facet of a single floating 3D hex element is
currently selected, and the selector is then switched from facets to
elements. The selection is converted correctly from 1 facet → 1
element, and upon accepting the new selection, the resulting number
of segments is now 6 since every exposed side of the selected 3D
element gets a segment.
Example 2: If the same 3D element is not floating but instead part
of a displayed mesh, the resulting number of segments is less than 6
because only its currently exposed outside faces get a segment
(hidden internal mesh faces do not get segments).
When selecting faces or facets, advanced selection operations are available
(for example: select adjacent, reverse, by face, by path, and so on) which
rely on their underlying elements. As such, any advanced selection operation
performed on faces or facets considers their current base elements as fully
selected (including all outside faces of 3D elements). The same applies to
saving and retrieving selections via the right-click menu.
When selecting facets, performing graphical window selections of a large
number of facets can have a significant performance cost. For such
scenarios, using elements as the selection type is recommended for optimal
performance.