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TomK_MN7-Bedrock
7-Bedrock
November 4, 2020
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How to Select Visible surface/line over hidden line

  • November 4, 2020
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I have this Issue when modeling parts and creating drawings:

 

I try to select a line or surface that is visible in my current view and Creo defaults to try and select a hidden line or surface. 99% of the time I want to select what I can see.

 

How do I stop it from doing this? 

 

If it matters my Display Style is usually on Shading with Edges.

Best answer by tbraxton

Use the selection filter options and the pick from list functionality. You can also look at the Creo quick reference card for selection workflows which will help if you are not familiar with them already.

 

You may also prefer to turn off pre selection highlighting.

File-> Options-> Selection-> Enable preselection highlighting

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tbraxton
tbraxton22-Sapphire IIAnswer
22-Sapphire II
November 4, 2020

Use the selection filter options and the pick from list functionality. You can also look at the Creo quick reference card for selection workflows which will help if you are not familiar with them already.

 

You may also prefer to turn off pre selection highlighting.

File-> Options-> Selection-> Enable preselection highlighting

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    TomK_MN7-BedrockAuthor
    7-Bedrock
    November 9, 2020

    The filter helped for selecting one type of thing over another, and from the Ref card I can right click to select others features that are "stacked". 

     

    Still have issue when I try to click and drag to select multiple items, it selects thru the model.

    For example if I was in the front view of my model and did a click/drag to select, it would also select everything on the back view.

     

     

     

     

    tbraxton
    tbraxton22-Sapphire II
    22-Sapphire II
    November 9, 2020

    It is difficult to offer advice without context of your selection objects in the model. The pick box offers two selection paradigms depending on which direction the pick box is drawn.

     

    Use of the CTRL key to add/remove to the selection set in conjunction with all other selection methods

     

    More selection options:

    Use the search tool to filter items for selection

    Selection from the model tree

    Select by layer

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