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.
Assembly Margin
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to assembly margins.
Beam Par
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to beams.
Construction Graphics
Limits the selection of items to construction graphics.
Control Points
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to control points.
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.
Manufactured -- Member
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to manufacturing members.
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.
Manufacturing Tab
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to manufacturing tabs.
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
Limits your selection in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer to templates.
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.
Selecting Multiple Manufacturing Objects
When you have the filter set to All, Structural Manufacturing displays the Select Mfg Parts dialog box to help you narrow your selection.
You can select multiple items from the lists. If you select objects that have different attributes, then you can only edit the attributes that the objects have in common. Changes that you make are applied to all of the selected objects.