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. HyperLife 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 nodes/elements that are located on the same face as the previously selected entity. A face is defined as a region on the model surface where the angle between element normals does not exceed a certain threshold. This threshold is controlled by the Feature angle setting.
- By Dimension
- Select entities by dimension (0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D). You can select one or more of the dimensions available.
- Save Selection
- Save the currently selected entities to a holding area known as the user mark.
- Retrieve Selection
- Retrieve previously saved entities from the user mark.
Advanced Selection Dialog Options
All selection methods in the dialog include a visibility filter. This allows you to apply your settings to all entities in the model, regardless if they are displayed on the screen or not, or only the entities that are displayed.
In addition,HyperLife is capable of entity binding changes between nodes, elements, and components - which provides you with easy selection. For example, when Nodes is specified on the entity selector, the By ID option allows you to select either By Node ID, By Element ID, or By Component ID.
- By ID
- Select entities by entering an ID number.
- By Type
- Select elements by configuration. You can select one or more of the various element configurations available.
- By Sets
- Select the entities within a set.
- By Contour
- Select entities by contour.
- By Sphere
- Allows you to select entities by entering location information for x, y, z and a user-defined radius.