4.11 Using selection groups during selection procedures

Product: ABAQUS/CAE

Benefits: The introduction of selection groups has made the process of selecting multiple entities from the viewport simpler and faster.

Description: To speed up the process of selecting many entities from the viewport, you can append groups of entities to your selection. The group can be a display group, or it can be a temporary selection group. You can click mouse button 3 in the viewport and do the following:

Create a selection group by copying entities (vertices, edges, faces, or cells) that are highlighted in the viewport into a selection group.
Append to your selected entities by pasting the entities stored in a selection group or a display group into your current selection.

For example, you can copy all the small faces highlighted by the Geometry Diagnostics query tool into a selection group, as shown in Figure 4–7.

Figure 4–7 Copying entities into a selection group.

You can then paste the same selection group into your selection when you are using the Repair toolset to repair small faces, as shown in Figure 4–8.

Figure 4–8 Pasting entities from a selection group.

ABAQUS/CAE Usage:
Click mouse button 3 in the viewport, and Copy highlighted entities into a selection group or Paste a selection group into your selection.

Reference:

ABAQUS/CAE User's Manual

“What is a selection group?,” Section 6.1.2