Applies to 2021.0 Update and later
Pick parts to work on them
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Most viewing, handling, or processing operations in Netfabb require a part to be selected. Selected parts are framed by amber brackets (the outbox) and highlighted in the project tree. If the display color of a part is active, rather than any actual texture or color, the part itself is colored amber as well. The color used to indicate a selection is adjustable in the Settings.
When a part selection is active, the context view provides information about the size, volume, area, and number of triangles for the selected part. It also provides information about how many of the total parts are selected.
There are several ways to select a part:
Select several parts at once with help of a window selection.
With the advanced part selection you select parts depending on whether they meet a specified range in certain properties:
Specify whether to select parts larger or smaller than any or all of three lengths along X, Y, and Z.
You can choose to ignore a part's orientation so that such parts are ignored that do fit but only if they were rotated from their current position.
Finally, you can require that either at least one length or all lengths must be exceeded to make the part qualify. If you select In at least one direction, and have selected Ignore orientation, any potentially qualifying parts are rotated (internally) so that they do qualify.
Specify whether to select parts larger or smaller in volume than a given threshold.
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Specify whether to select parts with more or fewer triangles than a given count.
To access the advanced part selection: