{"id":10288,"date":"2024-08-22T11:45:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T15:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/?p=10288"},"modified":"2026-03-26T04:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:38:52","slug":"nx-tips-and-tricks-select-similar-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/nx-tips-and-tricks-select-similar-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"NX | Tips and Tricks | Select Similar Faces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome back to the latest NX\u2122 software Tips and Tricks episode. In this episode, we\u2019ll be looking at Select Similar Faces: a tool enabling you to find, select and operate on similar geometrical regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-carousel\" data-slick=\"{&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:2,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;:1,&quot;speed&quot;:300,&quot;arrows&quot;:true,&quot;dots&quot;:true,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;autoplaySpeed&quot;:3000,&quot;infinite&quot;:false,&quot;responsive&quot;:[{&quot;breakpoint&quot;:769,&quot;settings&quot;:{&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:1,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;:1}}]}\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-slide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NX | Tips and Tricks | Select Similar Faces | Part one\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YyUiiHhcpl8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NX | Tips and Tricks | Select Similar Faces | Part one<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-slide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NX | Tips and Tricks | Select Similar Faces | Part two\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zqUmPaeM40M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NX | Tips and Tricks | Select Similar Faces | Part two<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-slide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NX | Tips and Tricks | Select Similar Faces | Part three\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9awyXJsp0ow?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NX | Tips and Tricks | Select Similar Faces | Part three<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-slide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NX | Tips and Tricks | Select Similar Faces | Part four\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2n_QEhEAVLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NX | Tips and Tricks | Select Similar Faces | Part four<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a great tool to use when the building blocks or parametric features that enable search and selection of faces or region of faces match either similar or identically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the selection of videos above, or if you prefer to read, scroll on further to learn more \ud83d\udcda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-dots\" style=\"background-color:#00e6e6;color:#00e6e6\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Select Similar Faces works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Select Similar Faces tool is found from the <em>Selection Toolbar > More > Select Similar Faces<\/em> and the tool dialog box will appear. You can either select the tool from start and select the face regions required or you can start the tool while in a feature with a face selection input.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A shape region is a single face or group of connected faces. You can select a shape region in the graphics window and initiate the search. The faces of the selected face region <strong>must<\/strong> be connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The search result is a list of shape regions that are geometrically similar to the input shape region. NX highlights the results in the graphics window. A check box will appear for each shape region in the list and in the graphics window. You can clear the corresponding check box to deselect a shape region. If a shape region is a group of faces, you can also select specific faces in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also refine the search to select only those shape regions that are an exact geometric match to the input shape region. To do this, select the\u00a0<em>Identical Faces<\/em> check box. 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The default shape region library contains shape regions that are useful in the Modeling application. You can create custom shape region libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-dots\" style=\"background-color:#00e6e6;color:#00e6e6\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Continue your journey with NX<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL1m1vu8_quoDVJfmPp3FL9700HGM_LK9P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take a look at the full Tips and Tricks playlist on YouTube<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(0,255,185) 0%,rgb(0,230,230) 100%)\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Take me to the NX design blog \ud83d\udcda<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/designblog-1024x587.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8926 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/designblog-1024x587.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/designblog-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/designblog-768x441.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/designblog-900x516.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/designblog.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/community.sw.siemens.com\/s\/topic\/0TO4O000000MihTWAS\/nx-cad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take me to the NX Design Community<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to the latest NX\u2122 software Tips and Tricks episode. 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