All objects in Structural Manufacturing have properties that you can edit. Using the Select command on the vertical toolbar, you select the type of object that you want to edit or work with.
An important part of the Select command is the Locate Filter box that appears on the ribbon. The Locate Filter box contains the available, pre-defined filters for the Select command. When you choose a filter in the Locate Filter box, the software allows you to select only the filtered objects in a graphic view and in the Workspace Explorer. For example, if you select Plate Parts, you can select only plate parts in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer.
When you select multiple objects, you can change the properties that those objects have in common. If the value of the property is the same for the objects that you have selected, that value displays in the ribbon bar. If the values are different, the box for that value is blank. Changing the value of a property makes that the value for all of the selected objects.
Structural Manufacturing includes these filters:
All Manufacturing Entities
Allows you to select any manufacturing object.
Assemblies
Limits your selection in the model or in the Workspace Explorer to assemblies.
Control Points
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to control points.
Construction Graphics
Limits the selection of items to construction graphics.
Detailing -- Bracket
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to brackets.
Detailing -- Collar
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to collars.
Detailing -- Feature
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to features.
Detailing -- Member
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to members.
Detailing -- Physical Connection
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to physical connections.
Detailing -- Plate
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to plate parts.
Detailing -- Profile
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to profiles.
Geometric Construction
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to objects created using Geometric Construction.
Manufactured -- Member
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to manufacturing members.
Manufactured - Panel
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to manufacturing panels.
Manufactured -- Plate
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to manufacturing plates.
Manufactured -- Profile
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to manufacturing profiles.
Margin -- Assembly
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to assembly margins.
Margin -- Part
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to part margins.
Marking
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to marking lines.
Pin Jig -- Assembly
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to assembly pin jigs.
Pin Jig -- Part
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to part pin jigs.
Shrinkage -- Assembly
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to assembly shrinkage.
Shrinkage -- Part
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to part shrinkage.
Tab
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to tabs.
Template -- Assembly
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to assembly templates.
Template -- Part
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to part templates.
Weld Compensation
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to weld compensation.
All
Allows you to select any object in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer.
Inside
Selects all objects entirely inside the fence.
Inside/Overlapping
Selects all objects entirely inside the fence and those objects outside but touching the fence at some point.