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By Width panel

By Width panel

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By Width panel

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Use the Extended Entity Selection menu option By Width to select surfaces based on their width. Selecting this option posts the By Width panel in the main panel area.

 

Subpanels and Inputs

The By Width panel contains the following subpanels and command buttons:

hmtoggle_arrow1By Example

In the By Example subpanel, use the surf entity selector to select one sample surface either by manually picking it in the graphics area, or by specifying its ID number in the by id dialog. When you click select, Engineering Solutions finds the surfaces in your model with a similar width, according to the filtering options described below.

 

Panel Inputs

Input

Action

surf

Select one sample surface either by manually picking it in the graphics area, or by specifying its ID number in the by id dialog.

closed loops only

When this option is checked, Engineering Solutions systematically disregards surfaces that do not form a closed loop.

has free edges

When this option is selected, a surface also has to have at least one free edge to be selected.

 
hmtoggle_arrow1By Value

In the By Value subpanel, you specify a range of values for the width using the min width = and max width = input fields and Engineering Solutions finds the surfaces that match this range taking into account any filtering option used.

 

Panel Inputs

Input

Action

min width

Enter the minimum width of the surface to find.

max width

Enter the maximum width of the surface to find.

closed loops only

When this option is checked, Engineering Solutions systematically disregards surfaces that do not form a closed loop.

has free edges

When this option is selected, a surface also has to have at least one free edge to be selected.

 
hmtoggle_arrow1Command Buttons

The following action buttons appear throughout the subpanels:

Button

Action

select

Select the surfaces highlighted.

reject

Reject the current selections.

return

Exit the panel.

 

 

 

See Also:

Extended Entity Selection Menu