{"id":6057,"date":"2015-01-13T12:57:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T20:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Simcenter-Blog\/FEMAP-Entity-Selection-Tips-Tricks\/ba-p\/287861"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:49:18","slug":"femap-entity-selection-tips-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/femap-entity-selection-tips-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMAP Entity Selection Tips \/ Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"

FEMAP Entity Selection Tips \/ Tricks<\/H2><\/p>\n

Not so long ago,  I was learning how to use and support FEMAP. I have had great mentors who have showed me the ins and outs and along the way presented some great tips\/tricks.  As I began teaching FEMAP classes, a lot of the techniques I had learned previously came through in great colors. I have presented many of these tips and tricks to my students and through various lunch and learn meetings.  I am going to list a few tips and tricks pertaining to the selection filter in FEMAP below.<\/P><\/p>\n

 Using the Entity Selection:<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n

1. Pick by faces \u2013 (useful when selecting items when there is no geometry present)<\/P>
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a. Selecting this option will bring up another selection box reads \u201cLimit Faces to select\u201d  \u2013  With the element selection you are grabbing a collection of elements that somewhere inside are the elements you would like to pick<\/P>
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b. Face selection box will appear \u2013 Most of the time I will use the adjacent faces command and select an element on that face to let it propagate the other adjacent faces based on the specified tolerance<\/P><\/p>\n

2. Ctrl+Z for added selection box  (Be careful Ctrl+Z outside of the selection box is the command for undo)<\/P>
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a. Pressing Ctrl+Z in a selection box that does not include all the methods you prefer will bring up another selection box with more options.<\/P>
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3. Vectors in entity selection<\/P>
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a. When I am specifying a vector I will often use the same point\/node location for both the base and the tip.  For the second selection I will add or subtract a numerical value to a coordinate location in the direction I prefer.<\/P>
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4. Add connected fillets \u2013 very useful for feature removal with many connected fillets.<\/P>
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a. Select a filet in a corner first then change the pick option to \u201cadd connected fillets\u201d I recommend using the highlighter function afterwards and confirming the selection.<\/P><\/p>\n

5. Sort cut keys for Pick methods \u2013 instead of changing the pick method to a selection below we can use the shortcut keys to select our entities.<\/P>
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a. Pick by box \u2013 Crtl +right mouse button<\/P>
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b. Pick by circle \u2013 Shift + right mouse button<\/P>
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c. Pick by polygon \u2013 Ctrl + Shift + right mouse button<\/P><\/p>\n

Dan Nadeau<\/P><\/p>\n

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FEMAP Entity Selection Tips \/ Tricks
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