The Select menu appears for various tasks where you must select elements.
Done
After you select the elements, click Done to the parent menu and complete the process. The Done button does not appear when it is not needed.
Single
Select a single element.
A surface can be selected either by clicking any of its curves or by clicking the attached arrow. Move the cursor to the element to process and press the left mouse button. SURFCAM will select the element closest to the point indicated by the cursor and process the element accordingly.
Within
Select one or more elements enclosed completely within a rubber-band box.
Select one or more elements
that are inside or touching a rubber-band
box.
Visible
When additional information is required to complete the operation, the appropriate dialog boxes will be displayed for your entries. Otherwise, SURFCAM will select everything that appears in the current work space.
Chain
Use the Chain command to select many elements at one time along a contour that has a number of connected elements.
When you click the Chain command, the Select Chain menu is displayed. Use the Select Chain menu to chain the needed elements in the contour.
After you click the Done command on the Select Chain menu, the current SURFCAM operation is done to the chained elements.
MultSelOn
In most cases, clicking this command will
toggle between MultSelOn and MultSelOff.
If MultSelOff is displayed, SURFCAM will move to the next menu after you
select geometry.
If set to MultSelOn, the Select menu remains available and Done also appears
as a command on the menu.
SelMode/DeselMode
In most cases, the SelMode command—a toggle with DeselMode—will be displayed when the MultSelOn command is displayed on the menu. With SelMode you can select elements. With DeselMode you can un-select elements that you previously selected.