Select – Rectangle

[E] (Effective while held down)

Selecting/Unselecting Points within Specified Rectangle Area

This command is used to select/unselect the points present within a rectangle area drawn using the mouse.

Memo

Selected points will be displayed in red, and unselected points will be displayed in blue.

Note

When Windows Vista or Windows 7 is used, it may occur that the object cannot be drawn. In this case, please set the window design other than Windows Aero. To change the window design, right-click on the desktop and select Personalize – Window Color and Appearance.

Left

: Selects all the points present within the rectangle area.

Middle ([Shift] + Left)

: –

Right

: Unselects all the points present within the rectangle area.

Operating Procedure

1 From the element list, select the desired element.

2 Click [Rectangle] on the [Select] menu. The selected element will be ready to be displayed in all windows. It will be displayed if it is not displayed in the active window or the windows for which all the elements are set to be displayed.

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3 Locate the mouse pointer to the start point of the desired area (rectangle), press the left mouse button and drag it, then release the mouse button at the end point.

A rectangle will be drawn as illustrated, and all the points inside the rectangle will be selected if the rectangle is drawn while the left mouse button is pressed or they will be unselected if it is drawn while the right mouse button is pressed.

4 Press the [ESC] key.

Select – Rectangle mode will be canceled.

Press a mouse button at the start point.

Release the mouse

Drag button at the end point.

Memo

•Selected points will be displayed in red, and unselected points will be displayed in blue.

•If using the shortcut key (default is [E]), note that you must hold the key down while setting the range of

points to be selected (or deselected). The shortcut key

 

works only on visible parts of the element.

 

• If the Select – Select Front command is switched on

 

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(i.e. the command name is checked in the menu), the

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Select – Point command will operate only on points

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comprising polygons that are at the front and that are

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visible, and the mouse cursor will change to “+F”. If

 

the Select – Select Front command is off (unchecked),

 

the Select – Point command will operate on all points,

 

and the mouse cursor will change to “+”.

 

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