Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

These functions are illustrat ed and described in the following table.

Table 9.1: Selection Functions

Select

FullSet

InactiveSubset

Selected(active)Subset

Se-

lect Se-

lects items

from the

full set of

data.

Crr



R


 R



 


Reselect

Selects

(again)

from the

selected

subset.









Aoy 

 

 



Ao





Also Se-

lect Adds

a different

subset to

the current

subset.

 

U !"# 

U^ !"

Unse-

lect Sub-

tracts a

portion of

the current

subset.

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/% 00 ,'+

,' 0 '1+ 200

Select

All Re-

stores the

full set.

34556789 4:; 68

< 7 => 8 ?@ 69 4:; 68

96 B 6 > 8 ND 76

Select

None De-

activates

the full set

(opposite

of Select

All).

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QKTVLWXJMGOPJL

QKXJHL

YVLWXJMGOPJL

In-

vert Switches

between

the active

and inact-

ive por-

tions of

the set.

These functions are available for all entities (nodes, elements, keypoints, lines, areas, and volumes) in
the Utility Menu of the Graphical User Interface as well as by command.

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Selecting and Components