Pick Face Mode

Shartcut: F

This mode enables you to select an area (a face) from your model. As soon as an area is selected, it will be highlighted by a pattern of red dots across its face.

You may select a face by double-clicking on it. Please note that an area of a shape can only be picked on those shapes that are currently selected, or when no shape is selected at all.

Use Pick Face Chain to select a connected set of faces.

Measure cylindrical area radius

Whenever exactly one cylindrical area is selected in the model, its radius will be displayed numerically in the main plot window.

Cancel this mode

You may cancel this mode by choosing Leave Pick Mode () from the context menu or pressing ESC.

Keep the pick mode

By default, the pick mode will be automatically exited when a point is selected. This behavior may be tedious when a sequence of points must be selected. To avoid the need for entering the pick mode again, you may choose Modeling: PicksPicks Keep Pick Mode (). The pick mode will then remain active until you cancel it as described above.

Deselect a picked face

Double-clicking onto a face that has already been selected will deselected the face in question.

Clear all picks

You may clear the selection of all picked points, edges or areas by choosing Modeling: PicksClear Picks ().

List of picked areas

You may obtain a list of all selected areas by choosing Modeling: PicksPick ListsSelected Faces... ().

Hotkeys

Some hotkeys are available to improve the handling of commonly used pick operations. The corresponding hotkeys are noted in the menus next to the commands (see Picking Overview ).

See also

Pick modes: smart picking, point, edge center point, circle center point, circle radius, area center point, point on face, edge, points list, edges list, areas list.

Common operations based on picked areas:  Face Modifications,Face Constraints, WCS aligning.