CST2013: Pick Face Chain Mode

 Modeling: PicksPicksPick Face Chain

This mode enables you to select a connected set of faces from your model. A loop of faces can be terminated by a closed loop of connected edges. As soon as the faces are selected, they will be highlighted by a pattern of red dots.

You may select a face chain by double-clicking on one of the faces. Please note that a face of a shape may only be picked when no other shape is currently selected.

You may terminate the selection by picking a closed loop of edges before the pick face chain operation (see Picks Overview for details).

Measure cylindrical area radius

Whenever exactly one cylindrical area is selected in the model, its radius will be displayed numerically in the main plot window.

Cancel this mode

You may cancel this mode by choosing Leave Pick Mode () from the context menu or pressing ESC.

Keep the pick mode

By default, the pick mode will be automatically exited when a point is selected. This behavior may be tedious when a sequence of points must be selected. To avoid the need for entering the pick mode again, you may choose Modeling: PicksPicks Keep Pick Mode (). The pick mode will then remain active until you cancel it as described above.

Deselect some selected face

To remove some face from the face chain, choose Modeling: PicksPicks () and double click onto those selected faces that you want to deselect.

Clear all picks

You may clear the selection of all picked points, edges or areas by choosing Modeling: PicksClear Picks ().

List of picked areas

You may obtain a list of all selected areas by choosing Modeling: PicksPick ListsSelected Faces... ().

Hotkeys

Some hotkeys are available to improve the handling of commonly used pick operations. The corresponding hotkeys are noted in the menus next to the commands (see Picking Overview ).

Common operations based on picked areas: Face Modifications,Face Constraints, WCS aligning.