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NEALROSENBLUM1-Visitor
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November 28, 2007
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Preselection Highlighting and Query Select

  • November 28, 2007
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All,

  1. Is there an easy or built-inway to toggle Preselection Highlighting ON and OFF? Or do I just need to create a mapkey? I tried to create one mapkey for toggling ON/OFF but this did not work. I probably need to create one mapkey to toggle ON and another mapkey to toggle OFF.
  2. How do I query select using Preselection Highlighting? I repeatedly press the RMB and when I accept with the MMB, the entity never gets properly selected.
  3. The Query Select functionality sometimes turns itself off. In other words, when I want to Query Select, I click the RMB and select an itemwith the LMB. I then repeatedly click the RMB until the item I want has been highlighted and I accept with the MMB. My problem is that the initial RMB click that takes me into Query Select mode doesn't always take me there. I end up having to click and hold the RMB, use the pulldown menu, and manually select Query Select.
Sincerely,
Neal Rosenblum
Geometrix Engineering, Inc.
201 N. 13th Avenue
Hollywood, FL 33019
Ph: 954-920-2049
Fax: 954-920-9574
Cell: 954-649-9399
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      ptc-16414981-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      November 28, 2007
      Hi,



      Add this to your toolbar, black arrow on grid. It will allow you to turn it
      on and off. Its under the list of commands on edit.



      Best regards

      Stephen









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      dgschaefer21-Topaz II
      21-Topaz II
      November 28, 2007
      The mapkey below will toggle the highlighting. The trick with these
      toggle mapkeys is finding the 1 or 0 that tells Pro|E 'on' or 'off'.
      Record the mapkey both ways, as on and off and compare them in a text
      editor. Somewhere there will be a single character difference - one
      will have a 1, the other a 0. Delete the 1 or 0 and it becomes a
      toggle.

      Here's the mapkey:

      mapkey vph @MAPKEY_LABELPrehighlighting;\
      mapkey(continued) ~ Select `main_dlg_cur` `MenuBar1`1 `Edit`;\
      mapkey(continued) ~ Select `main_dlg_cur` `Edit.cbSelect`;~ Close
      `main_dlg_cur` `MenuBar1`;\
      mapkey(continued) ~ Close `main_dlg_cur` `Edit.cbSelect`;\
      mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `main_dlg_cur` `psh_sel_filter`;\
      mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `selprefs` `PrehButton` ;~ Activate
      `selprefs` `Ok`;

      I don't remember, but I think the 1 or 0 was at the end of the second to
      last line.

      Doug Schaefer
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      scott.carbone1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      November 28, 2007
      Stephen,
      What version are you using?
      In my WF2 release, I can find neither the "Arrow on grid" icon or the
      one immediately to the left of it. What is that one for?


      To Neal's question -
      For me, the MMB appears to cancels the command. I can only select with
      the LMB after querying with the RMB. After MMB, my RMB will only work
      again if I move the mouse and thereby 'force' another pre-selection to
      occur first.

      Regards,
      Scott


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      MikeFoster10-Marble
      10-Marble
      November 28, 2007
      Hi Neal,

      Here is a mapkey that toggles:

      mapkey nh ~ Select `main_dlg_cur` `MenuBar1`1 `Edit`;\
      mapkey(continued) ~ Close `main_dlg_cur` `MenuBar1`;~ Select
      `main_dlg_cur` `Edit.cbSelect`;\
      mapkey(continued) ~ Close `main_dlg_cur` `Edit.cbSelect`;\
      mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `main_dlg_cur` `psh_sel_filter`;\
      mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `selprefs` `PrehButton` ;~ Activate
      `selprefs` `Ok`;


      The way to make a non-toggle mapkey toggle is to manually edit it to
      remove the 1 or the 0 value that represents the box being checked or
      not.
      Mike Foster
      ATK Space

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      dgschaefer21-Topaz II
      21-Topaz II
      November 28, 2007
      Missed your other questions. Query select is different in WF. You
      hover to pre-select, RMB to query through and then LMB to select. As
      someone else pointed out, MMB cancels. You have to be careful not to
      move your mouse while toggling through with the RMB. Any mouse movement
      pre-selects again and starts you over. That's a bit maddening, but if
      you have to go more than a few RMB clicks, it's better to use the 'pick
      from list' command in the RMB menu.

      If you fully understand the 'smart filter', it'll help too. The smart
      filter first highlights features only. Once you select a feature, it
      then highlights geometry of that feature. So, if you want a particular
      edge or feature surface, first find and pick the parent feature of the
      object, then the object entities will highlight.

      I hope that helps.

      Doug Schaefer
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      ptc-28607371-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      November 28, 2007
      If you just plain don't like it, like myself, you can also use the
      config option 'prehighlight no' which will turn it off when Pro/E starts
      up. You can still turn it on though if you want it (for some unknown
      reason ;).

      Cheers
      Doug
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      A.DelNegro1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      November 28, 2007
      Sounds like you don't have a handle on how the new selection method
      works in WF. I had sent a link to a nice tutorial on the PTC site that
      had a good explanation of the section tool and the logic behind it.



      Unfortunately, I've lost that link. Does anyone have it saved from when
      I sent it?



      Tony


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      ptc-16414981-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      November 28, 2007
      Hi,



      Wildfire v3



      Best regards

      Stephen







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      michaelfr1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      November 28, 2007
      you can also use: edit > select > preferences and then check/uncheck
      highlighting


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      11/28/2007 06:53 AM
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      All,
      1. Is there an easy or built-in way to toggle Preselection
      Highlighting ON and OFF? Or do I just need to create a mapkey? I tried
      to create one mapkey for toggling ON/OFF but this did not work. I
      probably need to create one mapkey to toggle ON and another mapkey to
      toggle OFF.
      2. How do I query select using Preselection Highlighting? I
      repeatedly press the RMB and when I accept with the MMB, the entity never
      gets properly selected.
      3. The Query Select functionality sometimes turns itself off. In
      other words, when I want to Query Select, I click the RMB and select an
      item with the LMB. I then repeatedly click the RMB until the item I want
      has been highlighted and I accept with the MMB. My problem is that the
      initial RMB click that takes me into Query Select mode doesn't always take
      me there. I end up having to click and hold the RMB, use the pulldown
      menu, and manually select Query Select.
      Sincerely,
      Neal Rosenblum
      Geometrix Engineering, Inc.
      201 N. 13th Avenue
      Hollywood, FL 33019
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      ptc-16414981-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      November 28, 2007
      One on the left of it is for colours and appearance.



      Best regards

      Stephen





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