6.3.2 Filtering your selection based on the type of object

To help you select the desired entities (vertices, edges, faces, cells, nodes, and elements) from the current viewport, ABAQUS/CAE provides a set of filters that you can use to limit your selection based on the type of object. For example, if you are creating a set that contains only surfaces, you can limit your selection to only faces—vertices, edges, and cells will not be selected.

When you click on the selection options tool , ABAQUS/CAE displays the Options toolbox and configures the contents based on the current procedure.

If the current viewport contains an ABAQUS/CAE part or part instance, you can select one of the following filters:

All

All objects.

Vertices

All point objects, such as vertices, datum points, and nodes.

Edges

All edge objects, such as edges, datum axes, and element edges.

Faces

All planar objects, such as faces, datum planes, and element faces.

Cells

All volumes, such as cells and elements.

Skins

All skin reinforcements.

By default, ABAQUS/CAE selects from all vertices, edges, faces, and cells. You can select a skin from the viewport only after you select the skins filter.

Similarly, if you are selecting elements from an orphan mesh in the current viewport (to assign an element type, for example), you can select one of the following filters:

All
Zero-dimensional elements
One-dimensional elements
Two-dimensional elements
Three-dimensional elements

By default, ABAQUS/CAE selects from all elements.