Power Select allows you to select geometric entities in the same
model that are similar or related to the entities currently selected. To search for similar
objects:
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Select any object.
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Click
in the Status bar to open the Power
Selection panel.
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(Optional) Select Search all bodies to search all bodies.
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(Optional) Select a category from the dropdown list to show only those objects with the
selected relationship.
Select All types to display all the geometry related to your
selection.
After selecting objects with the selected relationship, you can also click
Refresh to refresh the search results using the current
selection and then select objects based on another applicable category.
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(Optional) If you disable Automatically calculate power selection
results in the General - Selection settings (File Menu >
Settings > General > Selection) then you must click
to search for related objects in your model. Otherwise, the search results are
automatically displayed.
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(Optional) Set the Power selection relative tolerance in the
General -
Selection settings to find items within a tolerance of the target
size.
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(Optional) For selections where you can select similar objects based on a range of
values for the size (or area, volume, etc.), you can change the values for these
parameters in the search results.
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Click any number of the related objects in the list to add them to the current
selection.
You can Ctrl+ select multiple objects.
