Managing Selection Modes

In this tutorial, you will learn how to manually modify an associative feature (cloud of points) successively using the three selection modes available in the App Options panel.

Consider the following product structure:

  • Two terrain-meshes marked A and B respectively
  • "Translate of B" splits A
  • The result element appears in green

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  1. To access the App Options panel, from the Tools section of the action bar, select App Options .
    By default, the Copy Paste As Result option is selected under the Modes area in the App Options panel.
  2. In the Prepare section of the action bar, click Terrain Preparation .
  3. Select the terrain.
  4. Under Mesh Edition, click Move Point .
    A copy of the feature appears. It is this copy you are modifying.
  5. Click Allow selection of cloud feature in the App Options panel.
  6. Repeat steps 2, 3 and 4.
    This time, you are modifying the feature.
  7. Modify a parameter of the input associative feature. For example, change the point Y value.
    Your previous modification disappears, and the bump appears on the green surface. The computation on the input overrides any modification made to the result manually.
  8. Click Forbid selection of cloud feature in the App Options panel.
  9. Repeat steps 2 and 3.
    A message appears: You can no longer perform any modification on an associative feature manually. The edition mode is locked.

This is the end of the tutorial. You learned how to use cloud feature selection modes when editing terrain meshes.