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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Selecting features</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">In I-deas, you click multiple times to select (1) a face or edge, (2) a feature, or (3) the whole part.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Part vertices are graphically selectable along with edges and faces.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Select features in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b> or by using the <b class="uiTerm">QuickPick</b> dialog box. 
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      <p class="para_division">Features you select are highlighted in both the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_4.html');return(false);">Part Navigator</a> and in the graphics window.
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      <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/parts/select_feature.gif"></p><a name="qt_parts_selectvertices"></a><div class="title_division">Selecting vertices</div>
      <p class="para_division">In NX, vertices and hole center points are not displayed as in I-deas. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">To select a vertex, select an edge with its end point within the select ball.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">For example, to measure the distance between the vertices shown, the two arcs were selected at their end points.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">To select circles or arc centers, you will actually pick on the arc or circle. For example, to measure the distance between arc centers in the slot shown, the two arcs were selected along their edges.</p>
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">The <b class="uiTerm">Distance</b> measurement commands used here are described in the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_8.html');return(false);">Measuring</a> article that follows.
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      <p class="para_division">For other basics information on the NX Selection Bar, see the previous article <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_28.html');return(false);">Selecting</a>.
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/selection_bar.gif" border="0"> Selection Bar
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      <p class="para_division">See also:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling  &rarr; Methods in Feature Modeling &rarr; Selection
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