Selection filter library is a powerful tool enabling to create filters - to be used on meshes. You can access to it from the Main Menu via Tools / Selection filter library
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In this dialog window
- -Library file name shows
- the path and the file name where your filters will be stored. By clicking
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browse button
- you can load an existing filter library.
Names of filters lists the filters - created or uploaded for the current study. You can Add - or Delete filters.
- -In Filter name box you can specify - the name for your filter. By default it is prefixed with the corresponding - entity type.
- -Each filter can be applicable to Nodes, - Edges, Faces or Volumes. - You can combine many criteria in one filter, but they all must be of the - same Entity type. The Add - button creates a new criterion at the end of the list of criteria. The - Insert button creates a new criterion - after the selected criterion. The Remove - button deletes the selected criterion. The Clear - button deletes all criteria.
- -Each Entity type has its specific - list of criteria, however all filters have common syntax. For each criterion - you should specify the Threshold Value - and whether we search for the elements that should be More, - Less or Equal to this Value. You should also specify if the criterion - is Unary or Binary. -
- -Some criteria should have the additional parameter of Tolerance.
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Selection filter library is a powerful tool enabling to create filters + to be used on meshes. You can access to it from the Main Menu via Tools / Selection filter library.
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Library file name shows
+ the path and the file name where your filters will be stored. By clicking
+ the browse button
+ you can load an existing filter library.
Names of filters lists the filters + created or uploaded for the current study. You can Add + or Delete filters.
+ +In Filter name box you can specify + the name for your filter. By default it is prefixed with the corresponding + entity type.
+ +Each filter can be applicable to Nodes, + Edges, Faces or Volumes. + You can combine many criteria in one filter, but they all must be of the + same Entity type.
+ +The Add button creates a new + criterion at the end of the list of criteria. The Insert + button creates a new criterion before the selected criterion. The Remove button deletes the selected criterion. + The Clear button deletes all criteria. +
+ +Each Entity type has its specific + list of criteria, however all filters have common syntax. For each criterion + you should specify the Threshold Value + and whether we search for the elements that should be More, + Less or Equal to this Value. + You should also specify if the criterion is Unary + or Binary.
+ +Some criteria should have the additional parameter of Tolerance.
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When we create a Standalone Group + using filters (for this click Set Filters + button in the Create Group menu), + the menu for setting filters looks a bit differently. Toggling Insert + filter in viewer checkbox enables to preview the group selected + with your current filter in the viewer.
+ +In the Source field you choose + if the filter will be applied to the whole Mesh, + the Initial Selection or the Current Group.
+ +Copy from... button gives you + a possibility to load an existing filter from Selection + filter library and Add to... + button gives you a possibility to save your current filter in the Library. +
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