Select command in assemblies reference

Sets the selection mode, and selects the elements to work with in assemblies.

Access

On the Quick Access toolbar, click the arrow on the Select command.

Component Priority

Sets the command to select complete components. A component can be a part or subassembly. You cannot select a child part or component of a subassembly.

Part Priority

Sets the command to select parts whether they were added to the assembly as a single part or as a component in a subassembly. You cannot select features or sketch geometry for a part.

Feature Priority

Sets the command to select features (including work features) on any part in the assembly.

Select Faces and Edges

Sets the command to select faces on any part in the assembly. You can also highlight and select faces or the individual curves that define faces.

Select Sketch Features

Sets the command to select sketch geometry used to create features. You can also highlight and select sketches or the individual curves that define sketches.

Select Visible Only

Includes only visible components in a selection set. Select Visible Only is applied for all selection methods.

Enable Prehighlight

Shows prehighlighting when the cursor moves over an object. The command is activated by default. In the assembly and weldment environments, when turned off, prehighlighting does not show during component or part selection priority.

This setting does not affect the Select Other command, which always shows prehighlighting.

The Enable Prehighlight command also is available from the Application Options dialog box, General tab.

Component selection options create a set according to specific criteria. You can use the selected set in other operations, such as adjusting visibility.

Select All Occurrences: Selects all occurrences of the selected model in the current file.
Constrained To: Selects and highlights components constrained to one or more preselected components.
Component Size: Selects and highlights components of the size set in Select by Size. The diagonal of the bounding box of the selected components determines the size. You can click the arrow to select a component to measure its size. Select option to select components greater than or less than component size. You can use percentage, with 100% as the largest component size.
Component Offset: Selects and highlights components contained within the bounding box of the selected components, plus an offset distance. Set the offset distance in Select by Offset, or click a face and drag to resize. Click the arrow to use the Measure command, if appropriate. Select the check box to highlight partially contained components.
Sphere Offset: Selects and highlights components contained within a sphere surrounding the selected components. Set the sphere size in Select by Sphere, or click the sphere edge and drag to resize. Click the arrow to use the Measure command, if appropriate. Select the check box to highlight partially contained components.
Select by Plane: Selects and highlights components on the specified side of a plane. Select the bounding plane and the side (direction) in Select by Plane. Select the check box to highlight partially contained components.
External Components: Selects and highlights external components. Set Percentage Visible to adjust the sensitivity.
Internal Components: Selects and highlights hidden (internal) components. Set Percentage Visible to adjust sensitivity.
All in Camera: Selects and highlights all components "visible" in the current view plane. Set Percentage Visible to adjust sensitivity.

Note: Some of the previous commands provide a Compact Selection Set check box. When selected, if all children of an assembly are selected due to command settings, the command consolidates the children to their parent assembly. Efficiency increases in actions such as turning off and on visibility because fewer occurrences have attribute changes, although the result is the same.

Invert Selection
Previous Selection: Reselects the previous selection set. Remembers only one previous set.