Selecting Using Filter Variants

You can create, store, and apply filters commonly used for patches, faces, and edges. The Filter Variants command lets you combine filters available in User Selection Filter and Tools Dashboard. The Filter Variants command is available in any app dealing with 3D Shape representations and products.

Before you begin: For more information about the commands listed below, see the guide of interest.
  • For Tools Dashboard, see FreeStyle Shape Design User's Guide
  • For User Selection Filter, see Selecting a Filter for common commands and see the ICEM Shape Design User's Guide for filtering trimmed and untrimmed curves and surfaces.
  1. To access the App Options panel, do one of the following:
    • From the Tools section of the action bar, click App Options .
    • Right-click inside the work area or the top bar, and select Display > App Options.
  2. Click Filter Variants .
  3. In the Custom Filters dialog box, click New.
    The Filter Customization dialog box opens to let you define your filters.
  4. In the Available Filters column, select the filters you want to apply, and then click the right arrow to transfer them to the Selected Filters column.

    You can:

    • Create as many filter variants as required.
    • Select multiple filters at the same time.
    • Remove a filter from the list of the selected filters by selecting it, and then clicking the left arrow.

  5. In the Command Properties area, enter a name for the filter variant in the Title box.
    You can group two or more variants together under a single name. This name is mandatory and unique.
  6. Optional: In the User Alias box, enter the alias to be assigned to the selected variant.
    After closing the Filter Customization Custom Filters and dialog boxes, type c:alias_name then press Enter in the power input box to apply the filter variant.
  7. Optional: Click Ctrl, or Shift, or Other to include these keys in the shortcut displayed in the Accelerator box.
    Important:
    • Start the shortcut with a special character such as Ctrl, Shift, or any function key. Otherwise, the shortcut does not work on Windows.
    • When switching from one app to another in the same, the accelerators available in the previous app are also available in the new app, even though the command launched by the accelerator does not exist in the new app.
    • Clicking Other... displays the list of available keys. You can then select a key and click Add, or double-click a key. Whichever method you use, the corresponding choice is displayed in the Accelerator box, for example like this: Ctrl+.
  8. Click OK.
    The filter variants you defined are displayed in the Custom Filters dialog box.
  9. From the list, select the filter variants to be applied then click Apply.

    The Custom Filters dialog box also lets you:

    • Modify the selected variant by clicking Edit.
    • Remove the selected variant by clicking Delete. Multiselection is not supported.

  10. Select elements in the 3D area or the tree.
    Only elements corresponding to the variants you defined can be selected. For example, if you define a variant for product selection, you can only select the whole product whatever the element you click.

    The following cursors are used when pointing at elements:

    • When the selection is forbidden, the cursor shape changes to .

      In the first example, a point filter variant is applied:

      Surface selection is not allowedPoint selection is allowed




      In the second example, a surface filter variant is applied:

      Surface selection is allowedPoint selection is not allowed




    • When a filter other than a geometrical element filter (such as a point filter or a feature element filter) is applied, the cursor shape changes to .
    • When a geometrical element filter is applied (to select subelements of a feature such as faces, edges or vertices), the cursor shape changes to .