2009

When you click on an item in Select mode, NavisWorks doesn't know what level of item to start selecting
at - do you mean the whole model, or the layer, or the instance, or group, or just the geometry? The
selection resolution tells NavisWorks what level in the selection tree to start selecting items at by default.
The options are:
• Model
Selects the whole model.
• Layer
Selects all items on a layer.
• First Object
Selects the first item in the selection tree path that isn't a layer.
• Last Unique
Selects the most specific item (furthest along the selection tree path) that is unique (not multiply
instanced).
• Last Object
Selects the most specific item (furthest along the selection tree path) that is marked as a composite
object. If no composite object is found, the geometry is selected. This is the Default selection
resolution setting.
• Geometry
Selects the last item in the selection tree path (most specific, but may be multiply instanced).
If you find you have selected the wrong level of item, you can interactively "cycle" through the selection
resolution, without having to go to the options dialog or the selection tree. You do this by holding down
the Shift key when selecting an item. This selects an item one level more specific each time you select
the item until the resolution gets to "geometry", at which point it will revert back to "model". The selection
resolution remains as set in options for the next selection.
You can set the default selection resolution on the Selection page in the Options Editor.
Selection Options
Use the Selection options to configure how you select items in the NavisWorks scene. You can set the
level at which you select items (selection resolution), the distance from an item you have to be for it to be
selected (useful for lines and points) and also the color in which selected items are displayed.
Setting selection options:
1. On the Tools menu, click Global Options.
2. Expand the Interface node in the Options Editor dialog box, and click the Selection option.
Selecting Items
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