Make your selection by edge length, for example
While repairing a part, rather than selecting triangles visually, you can have Netfabb make a selection by specifying numerical criteria, such as a range of areas values.
Jump to:
- To select triangles and shells by values
- To combine selections
- To reset, accept or cancel the selection
To select triangles and shells by values
- Choose
Advanced from the main menu.
- Select any of the available criteria.
- Activate or deactivate thresholds.
- Adjust the values as necessary.
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.
- Click Select to select the triangles that meet the area criteria. If Keep this window open is unchecked, this will also close dialog.
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 (meaning "low-quality") triangles within a downskin, you could first select the downskin triangles, then deselect all triangles of a quality value higher than desired.
- Choose
Advanced from the main menu.
- In the selection dialog, check Keep this window open.
- Select triangles or shells using the first criterion.
- 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. Repeat as desired.
- Once you're happy with your selection, click Accept.
To reset, accept or cancel the selection
While making your selection using Select and Unselect, you may want to start new, keep the current selection and continue working with it, or cancel selecting and do something else entirely. To do so, use the buttons at the bottom. Here is a recap of what these buttons do:
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