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Creating Selection Sets
lougallo
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When selecting entities for various tools like pattern or move face, there is a quick way to create these selection sets. Manually selecting each entity can take time, especially when the selection set contains scattered areas of interest (like holes on a plate).
In the context menu (RMB) there is a utility call Create selection... If you launch this you can do a number of automated selection types based on the method they were created as well as the ability to recognize patterns. This also works well for a number of features like:
Take a look at this example. I am using circular pattern, until we can mirror features, but you get the idea.
In the context menu (RMB) there is a utility call Create selection... If you launch this you can do a number of automated selection types based on the method they were created as well as the ability to recognize patterns. This also works well for a number of features like:
- Protrusions
- Pockets
- Holes
- Fillets
- Tangent faces
- Connected faces
Take a look at this example. I am using circular pattern, until we can mirror features, but you get the idea.
Lou Gallo / PD/UX - Support - Community / Onshape, Inc.
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