Entity selectors allow you to indicate which entities are to be modified when a function is performed.  An entity selector contains a switch or toggle, a data type button, and a reset (|<) button.  An entity selector is active when the data type button is enclosed in a blue rectangle.

Entity Selector

To change the data type, click the entity selector switch to access the pop-up menu of possible data types, and select the type you want to use.

In addition to selecting one entity at a time on the screen, you can select multiple entities via quick window selection (hold down the SHIFT key and drag your mouse to create a window.  See Mouse Graphic Controls for more details).

The extended entity selection window allows you to choose various methods of selecting entities of a specified data type.  To access the options, click the data type button (such as the "surf" example shown above).

The extended entity selection window opens, displaying a list of available selection methods.

Extended entity selection window.

These selection options display for all of the entity types in HyperMesh.  Selections that are not valid for the current entity type are grayed out.

If you want to reset the entity selections, click reset to deselect all selected entities.

 

 

See Also:

Toggles & Switches

Plane & Vector Selectors

Input Fields

Pop-up Menus