Select 3-D Parts

Activate part (left mouse button)
If you left-click a 3-D part (without pressing a key on the keyboard), the part is activated immediately. Any previously defined part list is broken up.

☑ ICN ☑ Drawing

Activate context menu
The context menu of the ICN is activated with the right mouse button and without pressing a key on the keyboard. If you select the Activate Part function, the part becomes the active part.

☑ ICN ☑ Construction

Select superordinate part

To select a superordinate part in the drawing, left-click the part and keep the left mouse button pressed down. Then press the right mouse button as well. HiCAD then searches for the next superordinate part and highlights it. By pressing the right mouse button once more, you can continue the search, if necessary.

Select part (left mouse button and ALT key)
You select an element by pressing the left mouse button and simultaneously pressing the ALT key. The active part is not changed. The attributes of the selected part are then displayed in the Properties page.

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Add part to part list (left mouse button and CTRL key)
Pressing the CTRL key on the keyboard and the left mouse buttonat the same time denotes the following:

• If the part does not belong to the part list, it is added. If the list was previously empty, the active part is added to the list as well!
• If the part is already part of the part list, it is removed from the list. If only the active part is in the list after this removal, it is also removed from the list!
• If a superordinate part of the clicked part is already in the list, the click is ignored.
  Reason: All sub-parts are in the list together with their superordinate part, which means that the subordinate part cannot be removed from the list.

If you left-click an empty area of the drawing area or the ICN, all part lists are deleted.

If there is one single, superordinate part in the part structure (e.g. a main assembly), which is included in a multiple selection (e.g. after CTRL+LMB and drawing of a selection rectangle), the selection in the drawing area will be handled as if only one single part had been selected. If a multiple selection context menu is required, all parts beneath the superordinate part of a multiple selection can be added, without selecting the single, superordinate part.

☑ ICN ☑ Drawing

Add range to part list (left mouse button and SHIFT key)
If you left-click a part while simultaneously pressing the SHIFT key, the range between the "selected" and the clicked part is added to or removed from the part list, depending on whether the parts were already in the list or not. If a part list was not yet active, then a new part list is created in this way.

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Select all parts (shortcut CTRL + A )
If you want to add all 3-D parts to the part list, press the shortcut CTRL+A.

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Switch active part immediately (cursor keys and ALT key)
If you scroll through a 3-D part structure with the cursor keys and release them, the active part is switched immediately.

If you scroll through the part structure with the cursor keys while simultaneously pressing the ALT key, only the selected part is switched without activating it. The part is activated only when you press the space bar.

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Define and change part list (right mouse button and CTRL key)
Using the right mouse button and pressing the CTRL key at the same time enables you to activate the context menu for multiple selection. The functions of this menu can be used to influence the composition of 3-D part lists.

☑ ICN ☑ drawing

Select parts in rectangle (CTRL key and left mouse button -> Draw rectangle)
To select all parts within a rectangle for processing, draw a rectangle by simultaneously pressing the left mouse button and the CTRL button.

With regard to multiple selection of assemblies, the following should be observed:

• If assembly points are assigned to an assembly and at least one of the assembly points lies within the rectangle, the complete assembly including all of its subordinate parts are being selected.

• If no assembly points are assigned to an assembly or if none of the assigned assembly points are in the rectangle, then only those parts of the assembly are selected that are completely or partially in the selected rectangle.

• A special treatment applies to sheets. If all flanges and bending zones of a sheet are in rectangle, the corresponding superordinate part is also selected.

☑ Drawing