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DanielBrown1-Visitor
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February 11, 2010
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Analysis Tool Question

  • February 11, 2010
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Have a question for you experienced pro/E guys and gals. I'm relatively new at using Pro/E (WF3), transitioning from SolidWorks, and I'm having a problem that perhaps I can get some help with. When I use the Analysis/measure/distance tool, I would REALLY like it to come up defaulting to select surfaces, instead of everything. Also, is there a way to make it stop picking features and edges THROUGH the part? Or at least give preference to the ones I'm pointing at on the facing side? I looked through the config.pro reference list for any option that I could see to set this, and I don't see anything. Didn't find anything with the forum search either. Really appreciate any pointers you guys can give me.
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RickGiguere1-Visitor
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February 11, 2010
Try using the filters on the bottom right hand of the screen. For that analysis there are surface and edge filters. If its picking everything is probably set to all.
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JosephLord1-Visitor
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February 12, 2010
You can also use query select. On WF4 if you hover your mouse over an area on your model, and right click several times it will cycle through selections of model items (surfaces/edges) that are directly 'underneath' your mouse pointer. When the item you want is highlighted you can left click to select it. I came from solidworks, and I like ProE, but i don't get why it wants you to select something at the BACK of your model when you just want to select the surface right in front of you...
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JonathanHodgson13-Aquamarine
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February 12, 2010
^^^ What he said. PTC people, could you have a look at re-writing the select sequence? Not only does it seem to give preference to entities which aren't visible; but it gives preference to vertices and edges, which are normally the least desired items when you're creating references. It's all backwards.
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