DesignSpark Mechanical - Basics - 2. Selection - Full tutorial Video Lecture | Design Sparks Tutorial: Become Design Master - 3D & Animation

this second video guide in the basic
series will provide tips on selecting
features when using design spark
mechanical being able to select features
effectively and accurately is very
important the 3d manipulation tools
within design spark mechanical namely
pull move and fill all start with the
selection of a feature in the model
building skills in this area will set a
good foundation for successful creative
designing
before we get started on selecting let's
have a quick look at the spin pan and
zoom tools these will help you access
the model and make selecting easier the
default settings mean that you can spin
the model by pressing the middle mouse
button and dragging whilst shift with
middle mouse button and drag will pan
the model and control with middle mouse
button and vertical dragging will zoom
zooming can also be achieved by
scrolling the middle mouse button
default settings for these tools can be
changed in the options navigation menu
when working in the design screen don't
forget to check the text display in the
design frame at the bottom right-hand
side the two displays will confirm what
you are hovering over and also what has
been selected in line with other
applications the control key can be held
down to multiple select or deselect
items D selecting all can be quickly
achieved by either clicking in white
space or pressing the Escape key if you
need to select hidden features and you
don't want to keep revolving the model
you can simply press control and then
scroll and the display will sequentially
highlight any features below the point
where you are hovering when the feature
you want to select is highlighted just
click to select it
one specific point worth noting is the
way the axes of holes are displayed when
you hover over a hole its axis will be
displayed to enable selecting the axis
will stay displayed even if not selected
for up to three holes at a time after
which the first axis will disappear
leaving the three latest ones displayed
various types of features can be
selected and by double clicking we can
select things in a more sophisticated
way for example when selecting an edge
double clicking will select a loop of
edges if there is more than one edge
loop available double clicking again
will cycle through the loop options
until you have the one you want
similarly when selecting faces double
clicking will select any faces which are
in a tangent chain
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another useful feature is zoom extents
if no feature on the model is selected
zoom extents will zoom to set the model
to fill the design screen if a feature
is selected however zoom extents will
zoom in on that feature only to achieve
zoom extents you can use the tool on the
toolbar or simply use the shortcut keys
edge notice that zoom extents will zoom
the model without changing its
orientation whereas the home command
will reset the model to its original
orientation box select can be used to
select multiple features or indeed the
whole model selecting in this way works
differently depending on which way you
drag the box left to right will select
features once they are fully within the
box
right to left will select any feature
the box touches
selecting the whole model can also be
done by triple clicking hopefully you
will now have enough awareness of
selecting to be able to develop and
manipulate models successfully
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