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


Menu option

Description

Keyboard Shortcut

Select All

Select all Part occurrences (or Parts) from the scene (visible or hidden)

CTRL + A

Invert Selection

Switches the current selection

CTRL + I

Clear Selection

Clears the current selection

CTRL + SHIFT + A

Find Selection In Tree

Used to find the current selection in the Product Structure (Tree)


Isolate Selection

Displays the current selection in a temporary view, in order to visualize it and process it independently from the whole scene

SPACE

Select Ancestor

Used to find the first common ancestor of the current selection in the Product Structure (Tree)

PAGE UP

Select Children

Used to find the select the children for each occurrence of the current selection in the Product Structure (Tree)

PAGE DOWN

Select Parts from No Show

Automatically selects Parts not visible in the viewer (shown in the No-Show view)


Select By Maximum Size

Automatically selects Parts within a specified maximum Bounding Box diagonal size


Identify Instances

Selects Parts that are instantiated in the scene more than the specified value


Select Instances

Used to select all the instances of the currently selected occurrence (providing it is instantiated multiple times in the scene)


Select Identical

Automatically scans the entire scene to identify similar Parts to current selection (select a Part before using).


Select Duplicated

Automatically select duplicated Parts, meaning identical parts that are superimposed (with similar size, polygon count, position and orientation)


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


Hidden Selection

Automatically selects Parts not viewed from a set of cameras placed spherically around the selection. Works the same way as the Hidden Removal function, but is not destructive (selects only).


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


Smart Hidden Selection

Automatically selects Parts not viewed from a set of camera automatically generated and scattered around the selected model


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



NOTE                These advanced selection tools (Select By Maximum Size, Select Part from No Show, Identify Instances, Select Instances 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.