How do you select a feature in Solidworks?

How do you select all features in Solidworks?

To select everything in the graphics area: Click Edit > Select All, or press Ctrl+A. To limit the selection to specific entities in a part, pre-select one or more entities in the graphics area. For example, pre-select an edge and a vertex to limit the selection to all edges and vertices.

How do I change the selection in Solidworks?

Default bulk selection method



Enables box selection. To change box selection to lasso selection, right-click in the graphics area and click Lasso Selection.

How do I select a specific surface in Solidworks?

Selection Filters help select specific types of items in the graphics area or drawing sheet. For example, choose the filter for faces so only faces can be selected. To toggle the display of the Selection Filter toolbar, click Toggle Selection Filter Toolbar (Standard toolbar), or press F5.

How do you select a window in Solidworks?

Use the Shift and Ctrl keys to select entity types: Shift selects everything within the box whether selected or not. Ctrl inverts the selection within the box.

How do you select multiple lines in Solidworks?

Select several rows by dragging the cursor up or down in the left-most column. Ctrl + click the left-most column in one or more rows. Shift + click the left-most column in the last of a series of rows.

How do you filter in Solidworks?

Selection Filters help select specific types of items in the graphics area or drawing sheet. For example, choose the filter for faces so only faces can be selected. To toggle the display of the Selection Filter toolbar: Click Toggle Selection Filter Toolbar (Standard toolbar), or press F5.

How do you select a rectangle in Solidworks?

Use the Shift and Ctrl keys the same way as in Microsoft Explorer. Shift selects everything within the box whether currently selected or not.

How do you highlight edges in Solidworks?

In drawings, edges dynamically highlight as thin phantom lines, and edges of faces dynamically highlight as thin dashed lines. To control dynamic highlighting, click Tools > Options > System Options > Display and select or clear Dynamic highlight from graphics view.

How do I view faces in Solidworks?

To display a model in Normal To view:

1. In the model, select one of the following: Plane or planar face. Cylindrical or conical face. Any feature created with a single sketch.
2. Click Normal To (View Orientation flyout – Heads-up View toolbar). If you click Normal To again, the model flips 180°.

How do you delete a selection box in Solidworks?

To remove selections from selection sets:

1. In the FeatureManager design tree, expand Selection Sets and the selection set you want to modify.
2. Right-click the selection to remove and click Remove from Selection Set.