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August 7, 2007
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prehighlighting - was Another of pro/e's biggest annoyances...

  • August 7, 2007
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I also use left-hand mapkeys to change my selection filter. My default is to keep the filter set to Annotation, use my mapkey (G-geometry, Q-quilt, etc.) and RMB to query select. It seems to work quite well for us.

Best Regards,
Chad V. Schuette
Materials Engineering Center
The Dow Chemical Company
1616 Building
Midland, MI 48667
<">mailto:cschuette@dow.com> cschuette@dow.com





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    PAULKORENKIEWIC1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    August 7, 2007
    I'm seeing mention of mapkeys to toggle the selection filter, but I'm
    confused. I looked into this a while back, but didn't think it was
    possible because the filter list keeps changing depending on where you
    are and what you are doing. I tried to create a simple mapkey to
    measure a distance with the filter toggled to surface, but that seems to
    work only some of the time. My question is IF there is a way to
    "absolutely" set the selection filter with a mapkey? Otherwise, when
    the filter list changes, then my mapkey created from me recording
    keyboard entries and selecting from the filter list, won't work all the
    time. PLUS, it would be really nice to be able to type "G" or "F" and
    by doing so set the filter to geometry or features... Sounds like some
    of you have figured that out, so maybe you can explain how to me.

    tanks!

    Paul Korenkiewicz
    FEV Engine Technology
    4554 Glenmeade
    Auburn Hills, MI, 48326


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    lylebeidler1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    August 7, 2007
    I set mine up to work at the most general times - in part mode & assembly
    mode. However, it isn't perfect: I have five set up, that I set up while in
    assembly mode:

    fff - features

    ffg - geometry

    ffs - smart

    ffv - parts

    ffd - datums



    but then in part mode, they work like this

    fff - doesn't work at all

    ffg - geometry

    ffs - smart

    ffv - features

    ffd - datums



    I haven't done much with it in drawing mode, other than one to return it to
    the default Drawing Items & Views



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    Lyle Beidler

    MGS, Inc.

    178 Muddy Creek Church Rd.

    Denver, PA 17517

    717-336-7528
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    JonathanHodgson13-Aquamarine
    13-Aquamarine
    August 9, 2007
    We tried prehighlighting for the duration of the WF training course, and for a few hours once we got it installed back at the office. Then we went back to good old Query Select.

    In particular, prehighlighting was a nightmare on machined castings where the first feature is a complex piece of imported geometry - waiting for /that/ to prehighlight was unworkable.

    Call us Luddites, but we're also running pre-WF colours - we find red/yellowclearer thanbrown/other-shade-of-brown!

    Regards,

    Jonathan Hodgson

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