Select tab
Contains tools used for selecting objects in your analytical model.
Tool name | Description |
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Nodes Cursor |
Used to graphically select nodes. |
Beam Cursor |
Used to graphically select beams. |
Plate Cursor |
Used to graphically select plates. |
Solid Cursor |
Used to graphically select solids. |
Geometry Cursor |
Used to graphically select nodes,
members and elements of the structure simultaneously.
To select nodes, members, or elements using the Geometry Cursor, simply click on the desired structural components. To select multiple nodes, members and elements, hold Ctrl while selecting. We may also select the structural components graphically by creating a window on screen with the cursor around these components. |
Members Cursor |
Used in Steel Design or Concrete
Design to graphically select all those beams defined as a same member in the
member set up of member design, simultaneously.
Members may be user defined or may be generated automatically using the Auto Form Member tool. To select all the beams defined as a same member using the Member Cursor, just click on one beam. The other beams having the same member name as the selected one will automatically be selected. To select multiple physical members, hold down Ctrl while selecting. You may also select the physical members graphically by dragging a fence area around these physical members using the cursor. |
Plates & Solids Cursor |
Used to graphically select both plate and solid elements. |
(Select) Text |
Used to add comments and titles to
pictures and result diagrams. The added text can be plotted, too.
The inserted text can be deleted, moved, and modified using the text cursor. Refer to the Insert Text on the Utilities ribbon for a detailed description on inserting text and modifying it using the text cursor. |
Previous |
Selects the last objects selected if they have been deselected or if the selection set has changed. |
Load |
Used to modify any load already applied on the model by double clicking it. When selected, the mouse pointer changes to the Load Edit Cursor. |
Tool name | Description |
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All |
Selects all nodes, members, elements, and solids in the model. |
Inverse |
Used to select all objects but the ones which are currently selected. |
List |
Opens the Select Geometry dialog, which is used to select one or more model entities (other than nodes) from a list of all entities in the model. |
Parallel |
Used to select all beams,
elements, and surfaces which are parallel to a specified global axis.
Select the desired global axis from the sub-menu.
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Connected |
Used to select all the entities
that are connected to (i.e., have a common node with) any particular node,
beam, plate, or solid. A dialog opens prompting you to select the node, beam,
plate, or solid number. You can select to apply immediately or click
OK to see all the model entities that are
connected to the selection.
Tip: Options for geometry objects not
contained in the current mode are disabled.
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Highlight |
Opens the Visual Check dialog, which is used to sequentially highlight a specific group of entities (beams, plates, or solids) in numerical order. Controls on the speed of the selection are also included. |
Tool name | Description |
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All |
Selects all nodes in the model. |
Inverse |
All nodes in the selection set are deselected and any previously unselected nodes are added to the selection set. |
List |
Opens the Select Nodes dialog, which is used to select one or more nodes from a list of all nodes in the model. A free list of node numbers may also be specified. |
Supports |
Selects all supported nodes in the model. |
Tool name | Description |
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All |
Used to select all beams. |
Inverse |
All beams in the selection set are deselected and any previously unselected beams are added to the selection set. |
List |
Opens the Select Beams dialog, which is used to select one or more beams from a list of all beams in the model. |
Parallel |
Select beams that are parallel to the
selected global axis.
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Connected |
Select beams that connect to the
selected object type.
Tip: Options for geometry objects not
contained in the current mode are disabled.
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Tool name | Description |
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All |
Selects all plates in the model. |
Inverse |
All plates in the selection set are deselected and any previously unselected plates are added to the selection set. |
List |
Opens the Select Plates dialog, which is used to select one or more plates from a list of all plates in the model. |
Parallel |
Select plates that are parallel to
the selected global axes plane.
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Connected |
Select plates that connect to the
selected object type.
Tip: Options for geometry objects not
contained in the current mode are disabled.
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Tool name | Description |
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All |
Selects all solids in the model. |
Inverse |
All solids in the selection set are deselected and any previously unselected solids are added to the selection set. |
List |
Opens the Select Solids dialog, which is used to select one or more solids from a list of all solids in the model. |
Connected |
Select solids that connect to the
selected object type.
Tip: Options for geometry objects not
contained in the current mode are disabled.
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Tool name | Description |
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Filter |
Used to select multiple types of
geometric entities (nodes, beams, surfaces, etc.) with specific attributes in
one pass. This will reduce the time required to create new views and help
quickly identify the location of certain entities on your structure.
Note: Before this
cursor can be used, the actual filter parameters must be defined in advance in
the
Selection Filters dialog.
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Tool name | Description |
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Group |
Opens the Select Groups dialog, which is used to select objects in a named group. |
Property Name |
Used to select nodes and members based on specifications associated with them. A number of specification types are included in the sub-menu list. |
Missing Property |
Used to select beams, plates, or solids that lack critical input data (Property, Density, Elasticity, Poisson’s ratio, and Alpha) in the active view. |
Tool name | Description |
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Drag Box |
Click to activate the drag box selection mode. |
Drag Line |
Click to activate the drag line selection mode. |
Region |
Click to activate the region selection mode. |