Select elements by feature angle

1. On the scene toolbar, from the Method list, select Feature Element Edges, Feature Angle Elements, or Feature Angle Element Faces.

2. (Optional) Click Smart Selector Options to do any of the following, and then click OK:To control the type of element edges that the software uses, select the appropriate option from the Element Edges list. For example, if you select Only Feature, the software selects only the edges of elements whose feature angle (the dihedral angle between the elements) is greater than the Feature Angle Threshold value specified in the Customer Defaults dialog box.This option appears only for the Feature Element Edges method.To set the maximum angle between two adjacent faces or edges below which they are considered part of the same feature, type the value in the Feature Angle Tolerance box.To select internal element faces, from the Feature Edge Computation or Free Face Computation list, select Visible Model. Use the visibility controls to display the internal element faces of interest.To stop the selection at a non-manifold boundary (such as a single edge shared by two or more faces in a T-type intersection), select the Stop at Non-manifold Junctions check box.If you clear this check box, the selection extends beyond the non-manifold boundary along the most tangent edge or face.To apply the current selection method only to entities displayed in the graphics window, select the Select Only Visible Entities check box.

3. Select an element.The software selects all appropriate elements with tangent element faces or edges, where the feature angle between the normal vectors of the adjacent element faces or edges is less than the defined feature angle value.

Select elements by feature angle, Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series

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