To Select Triangles by Property

Provides a tool to select triangles by their various properties

There are several tools available that allow you to select triangles based on the properties of the triangle. These functions are found in the advanced selection tool. You can also quickly select overlapping triangles with a command in the Edit menu.

Note: All of these actions are available only within a loaded instance of the repair module. Open it by choosing Prepare > Repair Part from the default module's main menu and then by choosing Edit > Advanced Selection.

To select triangles and shells by values

1. Select any of the available criteria.
2. Activate or deactivate thresholds.
3. Adjust the values as necessary, either by typing in values.
   Tip: Instead of typing in the values, you can click and drag across the bars in the histogram presented in the lower half of the dialog. Depending on the
4. Click Select to select the triangles that meet the area criteria.

To combine selections

Selections can be made cumulatively by using the same or different criteria with adjusted thresholds. To do so, use them in succession until you're satisfied, then leave the dialog.

For instance, to select all narrow triangles within a downskin, you could first select the downskin triangles, then deselect all triangles with a quality better than 50 %.

1. In the selection dialog, check Keep this window open.
2. Select triangles or shells using the first criterion.
3. Switch to the next criterion and/or adjust the thresholds, then click Select to add more triangles to the selection, or Unselect to remove any applicable triangles from the current selection.
4. Leave the selection dialog using its Close at the top right.