To Select Profiles and Profile Sub-Entities

Select an entire profile or a range of sub-elements in order to precisely edit them. Select an entire profile by clicking it. Select an individual profile sub-element or range or sub-elements by Ctrl+clicking.

After you have selected a profile element, you can use a variety of editing tools.

If the Profile Entities vista and Profile Layout Tools toolbar are open, selecting a sub-entity or range of sub-entities in a profile causes the selected sub-entities to display in the Profile Entities vista. Selecting sub-elements or ranges of sub-elements in a different profile causes that range of selected sub-elements to display in the Profile Elements vista and have focus of the Profile Layout Tools toolbar. The last object selected becomes the current object and has focus of the profile editing tools.

To select an entire profile

1. Click the profile.

   Grips are displayed along the profile.

2. Use the desired tools to edit the profile.

To select a single profile sub-element

1. In the drawing window, click the profile.
2. Click Profile tabModify Profile panelGeometry Editor Find.
3. In the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, click Entity Based to enable the profile entity editing tools.
4. In the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, click Profile Grid View.

   The Profile Entities vista displays attributes for all profile sub-entities.

5. In the drawing window, Ctrl+click the desired profile sub-element.

   The selected sub-element is highlighted in the drawing, and the Profile Elements vista displays attributes for only the selected profile sub-element.

6. Edit the profile sub-element by entering specific attribute values in the Profile Elements vista.
   Note: The Profile Entities vista displays the attributes of only the selected sub-entity.

To select a range of profile sub-elements

1. Click the profile. Click Profile tabModify Profile panelGeometry Editor Find.
2. In the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, click Entity Based to enable the profile entity editing tools.
3. In the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, click Profile Grid View.

   The Profile Entities vista displays attributes for all profile sub-entities.

4. In the drawing window, Ctrl+click the profile sub-element at the beginning of the desired range.

   The selected sub-element is highlighted in the drawing, and the Profile Elements vista displays attributes for only the selected profile sub-element.

5. In the drawing window, Ctrl+click the profile sub-element at the end of the desired range.

   The selected range of sub-elements is highlighted in the drawing, and the Profile Elements vista displays attributes for only the selected profile sub-elements.

6. Edit the profile sub-elements by entering specific attribute values in the Profile Elements vista.
   Note: The Profile Entities vista displays the attributes of only the selected sub-entities.