The Selection Menu contains features to quickly and automatically select Parts in the scene:


Menu option

Description

Keyboard Shortcut

Select All

Select all occurrences (parts)

CTRL + A

Invert Selection

Switch selection

CTRL + I

Find Selection In Tree

Identify selection in the Product Structure


Select Small Parts

Automatically select parts based on geometrical property : bounding box max diagonal distance


Select Part from No Show

Automatically select parts with « Visibility » attribute set to false.


Identify Multiple Occurrences

Select parts with numerous identical entities ( = occurrences = instances)


Select Identical

Automatically scan the entire scene to identify similar part to current selection. Please select a part before using.


Select Duplicated Parts

Automatically select parts with similar size, polygon count, position and orientation.


NOTE                Requires tessellated objects (meshes): will not work with CAD objects.


Hidden Selection

Automatically select parts, patches or polygons not viewed from a sphere around the scene.


NOTE                Requires tessellated objects (meshes): will not work with CAD objects.


Smart Hidden Selection

Select parts, patches or polygons not viewed from a set of camera automatically generated. Allow to consider empty cavities (cockpit, engine area,…)


NOTE                Requires tessellated objects (meshes): will not work with CAD objects.



NOTE                These advanced selection tools (Select Small Parts, Select Part from No Show, Identify Multiple Occurrences and Select Identical) will definitely ease and accelerate your Data Preparation processes into PiXYZ STUDIO. Other "smart" selection can be achieved through python scripting. Please contact PiXYZ Software for more information.