Action Mode Tools
Use the series of action mode tools on the right-hand side of the Link Entity Browser to control both entity selection and the display of the model in the graphics area.
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Use the next and previous tools to cycle through the selected
links in the Link Entity Browser. To activate these tools,
select link entities in the browser. These tools will be especially helpful to you when not all of the selected links can be seen in the partial view of the list. |
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Use this tool to select a type of entity that the rest of the
action mode tools will act on. For example, when you set this
tool to "components", the Selector tools (described below) will
only be able to select or deselect component links. This icon is always disabled and set to the entity type that is defined by the view mode you have selected. |
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Use this tool to determine whether the rest of the action
modes tools will act on:
If you select elements only, you can still perform actions on connectors (geometric entities) by selecting their link entities. However, any actions taken, such as Isolate, will only affect the entity types specified by this tool. In the case of geometry only, only the connectors with at least one link state defined as "geometry" are taken into account. Since you can define connectors as linking elements, surfaces, or a combination of both, this tool affects actions taken on them in a similar manner. For example, if you set the tool to "elements only" but select a connector that only connects geometry, the actions you might take on that connector will not affect it. However, if the connector links both geometry and elements, then any actions you might take will still apply to the connector due to the element links. |
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Use the Selector tool to interactively select and find any
type of supported link entity in the browser or graphics area.
For example, when you select a link entity in the graphics area,
HyperMesh highlights it in the browser.
This is an efficient way of selecting and finding multiple link
entities at once. You can use this tool in conjunction with
the show, hide, isolate, and isolate only action mode tools,
as well as with the show/hide connectors between and
isolate/isolate only connectors between advanced action
tools. To use the Selector tool in conjunction with the
other tools listed above, select the link entities in the
browser or graphics area and then click the desired action
mode tool.
Note: The advanced action tools are only active
when you select at least two link
entities.
In other respects, the Selector tools behaves exactly as it does in the Model Browser. |
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The Add to Panel Collector is a function whereby the browser can be used to select and add entities to the panel collectors within HyperMesh. This is an alternative method to using the advanced selection capabilities already available in each panel collector's extended entity selection menu. This button only becomes available when you have a HyperMesh panel open that includes at least one entity collector. | |
Use the Show/Hide tool to display or hide selected entities.
The behavior of this tool will depend on the view option
settings. Click this option to activate it, and then
select the desired links in the graphics area. HyperMesh hides the selected links and any
other entities found by the view option settings.
Note: If
you are selecting from the graphics area, this option
will only work on visible links.
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Use this option to isolate/isolate only selected entities.
The behavior of this tool will depend on the view options
settings. Click this option to activate it, and then
select the desired link entity in the graphics area.
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