Chapter 2

Select

Menu

Select – Unselect by Elements

Unselecting All the Points of Element(s)

This command is used to unselect all the points present in the currently selected element(s).

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

Operating Procedure

1

From the element list, select the desired

 

 

element.

 

2

Click [Unselect by Elements] on the

 

 

[Select] menu.

 

 

All the points present in the selected element

• The selected element will be ready to be dis-

 

will be unselected.

played 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.

Select – Select Front

Selecting Only the Points Comprising Polygons that are Both Visible and at the Front

This command is used to limit point selection to only the points that comprise visible, front-facing polygons (as determined by the current view direction of the selected element).

Operating Procedure

1 Click [Select Front] on the [Select] menu.

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A check mark will be placed and cleared alternately each time this command is selected. (Select Front is enabled when a check mark is placed, and disabled when no check mark is placed.)

•This command determines the action of the Select

–Point, Select – Rectangle and Select – Bezier commands. Specifically, if the Select – Select Front command is active (if a checkmark appears next to the command name in the menu), then the Select – Point, Select – Rectangle and Select

–Bezier commands will only operate on points

comprising front-facing, visible polygons. In this case, the mouse cursor will change to “+F”.

•If no check mark is placed, all the points in the

selecting area will be selected. In this case, the mouse cursor will change to “+”.

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