Set Selection Filter

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Lists available selection filters . Select one or more filters to limit the types of items that can be selected in Select Items mode.
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the Selection filter toolbar item

1 . Click the Selection Filter toolbar item, which is pictured above. Then select custom from the list.

Alternative: Invoke Set Selection Filter using the Find Tool by searching the command name and clicking the icon, which is pictured above.

2 . On the Set Selection Filter window, select one or more filters. Drag or hold down the Shift key to select a range of filters. Hold down the Ctrl key to toggle filters on and off. Press the " Clear " button if you to use the ' Default ' filter.

Note : You can optionally press " Save " to open the Custom Filter Save window and give the custom filter a name.

Custom Filter Save
Custom filter name:
Con Lines & Circles
 

3 .Press the " OK " button to close the window. The filter that is currently selected on the Selection filter toolbar item remains selected after the window closes.

Alternative : Press the " Cancel " button to close the window, but without applying any of your changes. The selection filter that was active before you opened the Set Selection Filter window will be active again.

On this tab :

General Examples

Default

Legacy Default

By Expression

Grid Lines

By Status Display

General Examples :

  • With ' Default ' filter selected in Select Items mode, you can double-click a member main material to open the edit window for that member. If you double-click a connection material, bolt or weld, you open the Connection Component Edit window for the item that you double-clicked.
  • With ' Legacy Default ' filter selected in Select Items mode, double-clicking a connection material opens the material window, not the Connection Component Edit window. Similarly, double-clicking a connection bolt opens the bolt window, and double-clicking a weld opens the weld window.
  • With the ' Material ' filter selected in Select Items mode, double-clicking a member main material opens the edit window for that material, while double-clicking a connection material opens the edit window for that material. Unless other filters are also set, you will not be able to select items other than material.
  • With the ' Member ' filter selected in Select Items mode, you can double-click anywhere on a member to open the edit window for that member. Unless other filters are also set, you will not be able to select items other than members.
  • With the ' Columns ' and ' Beams ' filters selected, you are limited to selecting columns and beams when in Select Items mode. On the Selection filter toolbar item, the filter is named ' Custom '.
  • With the ' Construction Lines ' and ' Construction Circles ' filters selected on the Set Selection Filter window, you press the " Save " button and name the custom filter ' Con Lines & Circles '. The new custom filter will be available in Modeling for all jobs until you " Delete " it in the Edit Selection Filter window.

Default :

  • When ' Default ' is the selected selection filter, you can select 3D modeling objects other than construction lines, construction circles, and grid lines.
To select a user-added material when ' Default ' is the filter:
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1 . Left-click ( Select ) a use-created material . 2 . The material (e.g., a shear stud ) turns the " Primary selection surface color ".

To select a connection component when ' Default ' or ' Components ' is the selection filter:
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1 . Left-click ( Select ) any one connection material. 2 . The entire connection turns the " Primary selection surface color ".
To select a connection material when ' Default ' is the filter:
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1 . Hover the material you want with your mouse pointer, right-click ( Menu ), then choose " Select Other " on the menu and select the material you want.   2 . The selected material turns the " Primary selection surface color ".

To select a member when ' Default ' is the selection filter:
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1 . Left-click ( Select ) the main material of the member you want.   2 . The selected member turns the " Primary selection surface color ". 

To switch views when ' Default ' is the selection filter:
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1 . Double-click the grid bubble (or name) of the straight grid line whose view you want to open. 2 . That erection view opens. This is a direct alternative to Open ( Ctrl + o ).

Legacy Default :

The ' Default ' and ' All ' filters do not allow you to select/edit individual materials, bolts or welds that are parts of a connection component or custom component . If you want to select/edit individual elements (e.g., materials) of a component in the model, you can use the ' Legacy Default ' filter or right-click and choose ' Select Other ' or ' Edit Other ' on the menu . Also, you ccan use the ' Material ' or ' Bolts ' or ' Welds ' or ' Holes ' filters.

When ' Legacy Default ' is the selection filter:

By Expression :

1 . Select ' By Expression ' as the selection filter the Selection Filter by Expression window opens.

2 . On the Selection Filter by Expression window, you can do combinations of the following:

Press the " Open ... " button to load a selection script that has already been created.

Enter new code to the " Code " text-entry area.

Press the " Save... " button to save any script you have defined on the Selection Filter by Expression window under a file name of your choosing.

3 . Load a script or enter the code for your selection and press the " OK " button to close that window.

Note : if the script launches a dialog, you will have to make appropriate entries on that dialog.

4 . Select items in the model. Only those items that meet the selection criteria in the script can be selected when this filter is set.

Grid Lines :

  • Both curved grid lines and straight grid lines are selectable with this filter. They are not selectable using the ' Default ' filter.
  • With the ' Grid Lines ' filter active, you can select grid lines then hit the Delete key to delete them, you can select grid lines then right-click and choose ' Move Grid ' on the context menu, or you can also double-click a grid line (straight or curved) to open the Edit Erection View window.
  • Multiple grid lines can be edited simultaneously by first selecting them, then doing a right-click and choosing " Edit " on the context menu .

By Status Display :

1 . Select ' By Expression ' as the selection filter the Status Display window opens.

2 . On that window, enter one or more conditions by which you want to select items and press the " OK " button to close that window.

3 . Select items in the model. Only those items that meet the selection criteria in the script can be selected when this filter is set.

  • You can select more than one filter then press " Save " to save a custom filter for future Modeling sessions. When you save the custom filter, you give it a name of your choosing. The name that you give the filter is the name that is selected on the Selection filter toolbar item.
  • Selection filters can limit selection by area box or in the Model Tree as well as by click, right-click and double-click.
  • If ' All ' is selected, you can select construction lines and circles and grid lines in addition to all of the other classes of items that are selectable when the ' Default ' filter is used.
  • When you Model > Set Selection Filter > select one filter, the filter you select is automatically selected on the Selection filter toolbar item.
  • If you select more that one filter, ' Custom ' is automatically selected on the Selection filter toolbar item, but ' Custom ' is not shown on the Set Selection Filter window. If you then press " OK ," that custom filter will be remembered during your current Modeling session, but it will not be saved for future Modeling sessions.
  • To select or edit system connection bolts, welds or materials instead of their connection, right-click ( Menu ) then choose " Select Other ..." or " Edit Other ..." on the context menu .
  • To select member ends using the ' Default ' filter, draw an area box from left to right.
  • When only one end of a member is selected, those members are stretched instead of moved when you perform the Move/Stretch Members operation.