Hi all,
I wanted to find out if it is possible to use the selectby dialog only on elements enclosed in the fence or a named fence perhaps.
What are the key-ins that can use to select or set such a function.
Thank you
Hello,
This article about using a fence to create selection sets might help...
Regards,
Hi Conor K,
Thanks for your response. I t does help a little, however, what i primarily wanted is a way to allow fence selection based on the selectby attributes i would have selected.
This method selects everything within the cell.
The selectby dialog executes its options on the whole design file or model. What i simply want is a way to perform the same, but on fence contents only.
Hi theGreg!
Fences only deal with what is displayed in the particular View the Fence is placed in. You can just display what you have selected in a view using the Display Sets or Isolate option. Here is what you can do:
- In the View Attributes for that view, make sure that the Displayset is turned On.
Select (highlight) the elements you want to control using a fence. It doesn't matter how you select the elements.
Depending on the version of MicroStation you have (I have (Ss3) Update 2) you can Rt. Click (hold) in the view and bring up the Rt Click Menu. In my version there is an "Isolate" option. Choose "Isolate" and the view should just display just those items you had selected. You can now use the fence to manipulate the displayed items.
The "Isolate" is just adding the elements you had selected, to a Displayset. Older versions did not have the "Isolate" they just had the Display Sets tool and you could access it thru the Shift + Rt. Click menu or thru the Named Groups tool under the Utilities pull-down.
To get rid of the Isolate/Displayset you can use the option to Clear Displayset or Isolate Clear they are both the same.
I Hope This Helps Someone Reading This! (Intergraph>PseudoStation>MicroStation user since 1980's)