Note: For details on using the Selection Info palette for 3D objects, and to see part history, see Editing 3D Objects using Selection Info.
This example consists of a rectangle, a circle, and a linear dimension.
Open the Selection Info palette to see the three objects listed.
Tip: The number of selected objects must be less than or equal to Maximum Selection Info Entities, which is set in the Program Defaults page of the TC Explorer Palette.
In the Selection Info toolbar, click Highlighting, and make sure Polyline is selected.
This highlights the rectangle in the drawing window.
Conversely, if you select objects in the drawing area, they will be highlighted in the Selection Info palette.
Note: If a group is selected, its objects will be listed under the group name in a similar tree format.
You can use this palette to change an object's properties. Highlight the circle, and the lower section of the palette contains the categories of properties for the circle. In this example, the color and line weight were changed in the Pen category.
Note:For 3D ACIS objects, physical properties are not automatically listed. Click the Physical Metrics icon in the palette toolbar if you want to see engineering properties (volume, moments of inertia, etc.).
The new properties appear in the drawing area. (You may have to turn off the Highlight icon in the toolbar to see the changes.)
To make some changes to the circle, click Select.
This invokes Select Edit mode, and all objects other than the circle are faded. Perform a change like moving and scaling the circle. (For details on editing this way, see Select Edit.) Note that this changes "Circle" to "Ellipse" in the palette.
Select Cancel to exit Select Edit mode.
You can also invoke the Edit Tool. Highlight the Polyline and click Edit Tool. This enables you to reshape an object by moving its nodes. See Edit Tool.
Move one or more nodes to change the shape.
To exit the Edit Tool, select Cancel twice.
To change the dimension, highlight and make changes in the Text category.
The changed dimension appears in the drawing area.
Note:You can also edit an object's properties by clicking the Properties icon in the palette toolbar. This opens the Properties window for the object (seeObject Properties.)
The Copy icon is used to view an object's properties in HTML format They will appear in your default browser. The HTML file is stored in the ...Profiles/Built-in folder.
To set options for the Selection Info palette, click Options.
The options at the top control highlighting and fading for objects that are not being edited. To set a filter for what objects are displayed in the palette, click New. This options the Selection by Query window, in which you can specify types of objects you want to display. In this example, all objects that are either black or dimensions will be displayed in the palette.
Note: For details on selecting by query, see Select by Query.
The Constraints tab of the Selection Info palette shows what constraints have been applied, and to which objects they are applied.
For details on constraints, see Constraining Geometry.
This example consists of two lines and two circles. Three constraints were applied: the two lines are constrained to be parallel, the circles are constrained to be concentric, and a tangent constraint was applied to the outer circle and adjacent line.