Selection recipes and the Simulation Navigator

When you create a selection recipe, it appears under the Selection Recipes node in the Simulation Navigator. However, the information that appears there varies, depending on which part is the displayed part:

• When the FEM file is the displayed part, that node includes only the selection recipes associated with that FEM file.

• When the Simulation file is the displayed part, that node includes the selection recipes associated with both the Simulation file and the FEM file.In addition, the names of the selection recipes associated with the FEM file are appended with the name of the FEM file. Similar behavior occurs for assembly FEM files.

Icons and colors

The icon associated with the selection recipe indicates which strategy it uses.

Icon	Strategy
	Bounding Volume
	Attribute, Label Range, or a combination of strategies or adapters
	Coordinate, Point, or Single Label
	Proximity

Selection recipes that select entities that cannot be independently displayed (such as nodes) appear in red in the Simulation Navigator. Likewise, selection recipes that do not select any entities appear in red. In both cases, the Status column indicates the reason for the red text.

Filters

If at least one selection recipe exists, you can right-click the Selection Recipes node to filter the list in the Simulation Navigator in the following ways:

• By nameUsing one or more wildcards, you can display only those selection recipes whose name contains certain characters.

• By owning componentWhen a Simulation file or assembly FEM file is the displayed part, you can display only those selection recipes associated with a specific component, such as a particular component FEM.

• By typeYou can display only single-node, bounding volume, rule-based, or proximity selection recipes, or a combination of those (such as only single-node and bounding volume selection recipes).Coordinate, point, and single-label selection recipes are considered single-node selection recipes. Attribute, label range, and stacked selection recipes are considered rule-based selection recipes.

The filtering options are mutually exclusive. For example, you can filter the list to display only the selection recipes in a particular component FEM, or you can filter the list to display only the bounding volume selection recipes, but you cannot filter the list to display only the bounding volume selection recipes in a particular component FEM.

When the list of selection recipes is filtered, the word (Filtered) appears next to the Selection Recipes node. To turn off all filters, right-click the Selection Recipes node and choose Filter→Off.

Selection recipe information

When you right-click a selection recipe in the Simulation Navigator and choose Information, the Information window displays basic data about the selection recipe, including the type of entity it selects (such as nodes, elements, or faces), its attributes (such as the locations of the corners of a bounding volume box), and so on.

The Information window also includes a Referencers section that lists the names of all entities in the displayed part that use that selection recipe, along with the entities in any subordinate parts. For example, if a Simulation file is the displayed part, and a selection recipe in the FEM file is used by both the Simulation and FEM files, then the Referencers section lists all entities in the Simulation and FEM files that use that selection recipe. If a FEM file is the displayed part, this section lists only the entities in the FEM file.

The entities in the Referencers section are grouped by entity type. For example, all loads and constraints that use the selection recipe appear under LBC. Within each entity type group, the entities are listed in alphabetical order.

For each listed entity, the Referencers section also displays the name of the file where the entity exists (that is, the owning part name). For example, if the Simulation file is the displayed part, and the selection recipe is used by a 1D connection in the FEM file and by a constraint in the Simulation file, then the Referencers section displays the name of the FEM file next to the 1D connection name, and the name of the Simulation file next to the constraint name.

How do I

Filter selection recipes by name

Filter selection recipes by owning component

Filter selection recipes by type

Selection recipes and the Simulation Navigator, Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series

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