General Selection

Purpose:

This panel provides a broad range of options for selecting model entities and is used extensively from within many of LS-PrePost's other main interfaces.

Function:

Pick : Select/Deselect a single entity.

Area : Select/Deselect entities inside/outside a user defined area.

Poly : Select/Deselect entities inside/outside a user defined region.

Sel1 : Pick 1 entity (only 1 will be in buffer).

Sphe : Select/Deselect entities inside/outside a user defined sphere.

Box : Select/Deselect entities inside/outside a user defined box.

Prox : Select/Deselect entities inside/outside the proximity of a part.

Circ : Select/Deselect entities inside/outside a user defined circle.

Frin : Select/Deselect entities inside/outside a fringe plot range.

Plan : Select/Deselect entities inside/outside a geometric plane.

Sample:

no sample.

Dialog:

General

  • In : Select/Deselect entities inside the area/polygon.

  • Out : Select/Deselect entities outside the area/polygon.

  • Add : Add entities to selection.

  • Rm : Remove entities from selection.

  • ID : Enter entity IDs (for nodes/elements/parts).

  • Label selection : Turn label on/ff for new selection.

  • 3DSurf : Turn on to select outer surface (only for solid elements).

  • Prop : Propagate selection with seed element.

  • Adap : Propagate across constrained adaptive element.

  • Ang : Set feature angle for propagation.

  • Adjacent : Select adjacent elements.

  • Attach : Select attached elements.

  • Clear : Clear all selections.

  • Save: Save entities to buffer.

  • Load: Load saved entities from buffer.

  • Deselect :Deselect last selected entity.

  • Whole : Select all entities within model.

  • Visible : Select all visible entities.

  • Reverse : Reverse entity selection.

  • ByNode : Make node based selection.

  • ByElem : Make element based selection.

  • ByPart : Make part based selection.

  • ByGPart: Make GPart based selection.

  • BySET : Make set based selection.

  • ByEdge: Make edge based selection.

  • ByPath: Make node/shell/tshell/solid based selection.

  • BySegm : Make segment based selection.

  • Point : Select points.

  • Curve : Select lines.

  • Surface : Select surfaces.

Sphere

  • Pick Center : Pick center for sphere.

  • Radius : Enter radius of sphere.

  • Select : Select items within radius.

Box

  • P1 : Pick node for first box position.

  • P2 : Pick node for second box position.

  • Box: Pick a *DEFINE_BOX.

  • Select : Select entities within box with coordinates.

Prox

  • Prox dist : Enter proximity distance.

  • Along : Proximity to a line extruded in specified direction.

  • X : X component of the extrusion direction.

  • Y : Y component of the extrusion direction.

  • Z : Z component of the extrusion direction.

Frin

  • Min : Enter MIN value for fringe range.

  • Max : Enter MAX value for fringe range.

  • Select : Select specified fringe range.

Plan

  • 1Point+NL : Plane options.

  • Pick : Pick base point.

  • X : Plane normal X value.

  • Y : Plane normal Y value.

  • Z : Plane normal Z value.

  • Distance : Distance from plane that will be selected.

  • Select : Select items within specified tolerance from plane.