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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_sel_tlbr_ov.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_sel_p.html');return(false);">How To</a> 
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_sel_r.html');return(false);">Related Topics</a> 
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The Selection menu offers a wide range of filtering and selection tools. Customize your Selection toolbar to include the tools you use most often. For information on customizing the Selection toolbar, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_sel_tlbar_ht.html');return(false);">Displaying and Customizing the Selection Toolbar</a>.
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                  <p class="para_note">The key sequence CTRL+A performs a Select All based on your current setting in the Selection Filter.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Icon</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Tool</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Type Filter</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Filter Selection to a particular object type.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Selection Priority</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">You can tell NX what to highlight first when you are making a selection, thereby giving you more control over the selection process. Indicate what you would like the <b class="uiTerm">Top Selection Priority</b> to be by selecting one of the following:<b class="uiTerm">Feature</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Face</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Body</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Edge</b>, or <b class="uiTerm">Component</b>.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select Scope</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Let's you select from the <b class="uiTerm">Entire Assembly</b>, or <b class="uiTerm">Within Work Part Only</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Color Filter</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Filters objects of a specific color. You can select multiple colors by pressing and holding the Ctrl key while selecting colors.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Layer Filter</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Access all Layer Filters from the Selection Toolbar (this works for features too). Displays all layers that are selectable.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Reset Filters</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Resets all filter options (type, color, layer filters) on the toolbar to their original state.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Chain</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Selects connected objects, wireframe geometry or solid edges.  </p>
               <p class="para_td">Whenever the most recently selected object is a chainable object (typically a curve or an edge), this button becomes available.  Once you click it, the next selection causes all connected curves/edges between the previous selection and this selection to be selected.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">First select a chainable object (towards the direction you want to chain).  </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Click <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_chain.gif" border="0">.
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                     <p class="para_item">Select where you want the chain to end.</p>
                     <p class="para_item">or</p>
                     <p class="para_item">Click the middle mouse button after you click <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_chain.gif" border="0">.  This automatically selects the chain of objects from the previous selection to the end of the chain.  The end of the chain is the point where another chainable object is not found.
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                     <p class="para_item">Use Esc to cancel chaining.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Polygon Selection</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Selects objects enclosed by the polygon you indicate.</p>
               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Edit</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Selection</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Polygon</b></p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Use the left mouse button to create lines that will create your polygon.  As you are making your polygon, if you want to redefine your last pick, press Ctrl+Shft, and then pick a new location.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Complete your polygon selection by clicking the middle mouse button. </p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use Esc to cancel the polygon selection.   </p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Detail Filtering</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The <b class="uiTerm">Detail Filtering</b> dialog provides a detailed method for filtering objects and remains active until you close it.  The dialog is comprised of the following tabs:
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                     <p class="para_item">Layers</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Display Attributes</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Types</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For more information, see  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/file_not_found.html');return(false);">Detailed Filtering</a>.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select All</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Selects all visible objects in the work view, based on the object filters. This option is available only when the model allows for the selection of more than one object.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Deselect All</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Deselects all objects.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">All But Selected</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Whenever you select one or more objects, this button becomes available.  It causes all currently selected objects to be de-selected, and all other selectable objects to be selected.  Before using this option, select all objects that you want to exclude. If you change the selection filter to select items to exclude, <b class="uiTerm">All But Selected</b> honors the current filters. To restore the filters to their original state, use <b class="uiTerm">Reset</b>.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">User Attributes</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Select by User Attributes allows you to identify an attribute by Type, and also give it a Title along with Low and High Integer Values. The Attribute Types are:</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Integer</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Floating</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Date/Time</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Null</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">String</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Reference</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Restore</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Restores globally selected objects when returning from an NX action.</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_st_name.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Name Selection</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Select an object or range of objects by entering an assigned name. NX selects all the objects that have the specified name. Only <b class="uiTerm">General Objects</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Components</b> support <b class="uiTerm">Name Selection</b> at this time.
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/class_select.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Class Selection</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use <b class="uiTerm">Class Selection</b> for options not available to you on the <b class="uiTerm">Selection</b> toolbar. For example, use the <b class="uiTerm">Rectangle/Polygon Method </b>for the following selection options: <b class="uiTerm">Inside</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Outside</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Crossing</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Inside Crossing</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Outside Crossing</b>.
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_selection_intent.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Selection Intent</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Makes the selection intent toolbar visible whenever selection intent is available, but the toolbar is hidden.</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_find_in_navigator.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Find in Navigator</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Finds the selected object in the appropriate navigator window if the selected object is a component or feature. If you click this option button multiple times, it works its way backwards through the selection list.</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_up_one_level.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Up One Level</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Moves up one level in the hierarchy if components or groups are enabled for an operation.</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/hidden_edge.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Highlight Hidden Edges</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Reveals the three dimensional hidden edges.</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/thick_width.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Highlight with Thick Width</b></p>
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            <td bgcolor="#F4F4F4" colspan="1" height="25" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td">Your selection is easier to see with this option because NX displays a thicker line width for the selection.</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_shaded_views_edge_highlight.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Shaded Views Edge Highlight</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Displays selected faces with highlighted edges instead of highlighting the entire face for shaded view.</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_analysis_views_edge_highlight.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Analysis Views Edge Highlight</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Displays selected faces with highlighted edges instead of highlighting the entire face for analysis views.</p>
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