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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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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Global selection</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can select objects in NX in the graphics window or in the<b class="uiTerm"> Part </b>or <b class="uiTerm">Assembly Navigator</b>. The <b class="uiTerm">QuickPick</b> dialog box and the Selection Bar help you select objects in the graphics window.
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      <p class="para_division">As you move your cursor over objects in the graphics window, NX pre-highlights selectable objects. </p>
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      <p class="para_division">Click to select the object you want. NX highlights your selected object.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Select multiple objects either by clicking selectable objects successively, or by using the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_sel_rect_p.html');return(false);">rectangle</a> or <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_sel_lasso_p.html');return(false);">lasso</a> mouse gestures. 
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      <p class="para_division">To <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_sel_deselecting_p.html');return(false);">deselect</a> an object, hold Shift and click the object.  Deselect all selected objects by pressing the Esc key.
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      <p class="para_division">Use the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_sel_rad_qck_pck.html');return(false);">QuickPick</a> dialog box to select specific objects easily. For example, you can use QuickPick to select:
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      <p class="para_division">By default, the Selection Bar appears below the toolbars at the top of the NX window. </p>
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      <p class="para_division">The <b class="uiTerm">Selection Bar</b> provides various ways to filter the discovery of selectable objects.  This can make it easier to select objects of a certain type, color, layer, and so on.  It also provides several buttons for convenient selection actions, such as <b class="uiTerm">Select All</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Deselect All</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">All But Selected</b>. You can <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_sel_tlbar_ht.html');return(false);">customize</a> the Selection Bar by adding and removing items. You can also change the location of the bar.
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      <p class="para_division">The following are various types of options on the Selection bar:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Identifies specific types of objects to select, for example, features only instead of edges, faces, or bodies.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_sel_intent_op.html');return(false);">Selection Intent </a></p>
            <p class="para_item">Determines how surfaces or curve segments are chained together. For example, when using the Draft command, use the Surface Rule to select tangent faces in a chain. When using Extrude, define a Curve Rule to select curves in a chain. NX remembers these settings with the part history and reapplies them when you edit features.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Controls the locations the cursor snaps to. Set these options for commands that use individual points, for example, Sketch or Measure.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Available in the PMI and Drafting applications.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Selection priority</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_sel_bar_op.html');return(false);">Selection Bar</a> to set selection options and filters. For example, you can filter to select only edges, faces, features, or bodies.
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      <p class="para_division">You can set selection preferences in the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('customizing_nx/index.html?goto=customizing_nx/prf_sel_d.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Selection Preferences</a> dialog box. For example, you can set your mouse gesture to be either a rectangle or a lasso.
      </p><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="uiu_sel_rad_qck_pck.html">Select with QuickPick</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="uiu_sel_tlbar_ht.html">Display and customize the Selection Bar</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="uiu_sel_bar_op.html">Selection options on the Selection Bar</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="uiu_sel_intent_op.html">Selection Intent options on the Selection Bar</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="uiu_sel_snap_pt_op.html">Snap Point options on the Selection Bar</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="uiu_det_filter_r.html">Detailed filtering</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="uiu_sel_lasso_p.html">Select multiple objects using the lasso method</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="uiu_sel_rect_p.html">Select multiple objects using the rectangle method</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="uiu_sel_chaining_p.html">Select connected curves or edges (chaining)</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="uiu_default_action_p.html">Perform the default action on an object</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="uiu_sel_deselecting_p.html">Deselecting objects</a><br></body>
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