Perform Extended Entity Selection
Use extended entity selection to find, filter, and select subsets of entities. You can also save and retrieve previous selections.
Extended Entity Selection Options
The following options are available for extended entity selection.
Context Menu Options
- Displayed
- Select all entities of the specified type currently displayed in the modeling window.
- Reverse
- Allows for a Boolean "not" to be performed on the currently displayed entities; all selected entities are removed from the mark; all entities which are not on the mark and are currently active are selected.
- All
- Select all entities of the specified type. The set to be added to the user mark includes entities displayed and those not displayed.
- Adjacent
- Select entities adjacent to the entities already selected.
- Attached
- Select entities by specifying an entity among a large group of continuously connected elements. HyperMesh CFD includes the entities currently displayed that are attached to the entities already selected. Entities that are not displayed will not be selected although they may be attached to the entity selected.
- Face
- Select entities by surface face. HyperMesh CFD finds entities that are attached to each other without crossing a feature line. The Geometry feature angle option in determines the feature lines. Attached, adjacent surfaces or elements are progressively selected when the angle between them is less than or equal to the specified feature angle.
- Similar
- Select entities that are similar to the your current selection based on config.
- Save
- Save the currently selected entities to a holding area known as the user mark.
- Retrieve
- Retrieve previously saved entities from the user mark.
Advanced Selection Dialog Options
- By Boundaries
- Select entities associated with a boundary condition.
- By Feature
- Select entities by defining a feature's minimum and maximum width/radius.
- By Group
- Select entities by group.
- By Material
- Select entities associated with a material.
- By Mesh Control
- Select entities associated with a mesh control.
- By Metadata
- Select an entity type then input a metadata key and value.
- By Parts
- Select entities associated with a part.
- By Porous
- Select entities associated with porous domains.
- By Reference Frame
- Select entities associated with a reference frame.
- By Solid Bodies
- Select solid body entities.
- By Thin Solids
- Select entities associated with thin solids.
- By Topology
- Select entities by topology.
- By Collector
- Select elements, lines, surfaces, and points by collector.
- By Component
- Select entities by component.
- By Config
- Select elements by configuration and type. The element type is dependent on the template file.
- By Edge
- Select entities (nodes, elements) by surface edge. HyperMesh CFD finds entities that are attached to each other without crossing a feature line. The feature line can be adjusted using the Angle slider. Attached, adjacent surfaces or elements are progressively selected when the angle between them is less than or equal to the specified feature angle.
- By Face
- Select entities (nodes, elements) by surface face. HyperMesh CFD finds entities that are attached to each other without crossing a feature line. The feature line can be adjusted using the Angle slider. Attached, adjacent surfaces or elements are progressively selected when the angle between them is less than or equal to the specified feature angle.
- By ID
- Select entities by typing in their ID numbers.
- By Line
- Pick lines in the modeling window. Entities associates with the lines are selected.
- By Part
- Select entities associated with a part.
- By Path
- Pick multiple nodes, lines, or elements and select all the nodes/lines/elements that fall in the closest connecting path. If you select two nodes on a free edge of some elements, the function tries to find the closest path along that free edge. This function uses the connectivity of the elements between the nodes, and thus requires the selected nodes to be part of a continuous shell mesh. Similarly, By Path for lines uses the connectivity of surfaces/solids and thus requires the selected lines to be surface/solid edges.
- By Points
- Pick points in the modeling window. Entities associates with the points are selected.
- By Solid
- Pick solids in the modeling window. Entities associates with the solids are selected.
- By Surface
- Pick surfaces in the modeling window. Entities associates with the surfaces are selected.
- By Width
- Select surfaces by width, either by picking a sample surface or by specifying a range of values for the width.