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Who is using advanced selection in order to select components in the assembly

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on Nov 2, 2015
Latest reply on Nov 4, 2015 by Peter De Vlieger

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Hi All,

one of our oldest selection functionality is the Advanced Component Selection.

With the Advanced Component Selection you can set up queries that allow you to specifically select components that meet one or more criteria.

I.e. it is possible to set up a query to select all components with a volume smaller than a specific threshold. In addition you can concatenate those queries with AND or OR operators. "Select all components with a volume smaller than xxx mm^3 OR all components that have a custom property "standard component" and this property is set to 1." You can save those queries and you can pass them around between different computers. You can also name and add those queries to your selection tools.

Bottom line quite a lot of functionality in order to determine the desired components.

I would like to know who knows about the Advanced Component Selection and who is using it and which queries you are using.

Any input is highly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your responses.

Kind regards

Frank

Solidworks Product Definition Team

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Kelvin Lamport Nov 2, 2015 8:50 AM

I've known about it for a long time, and used it once or twice to test it, but have never had the need to use it since.

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Jamil Snead Nov 2, 2015 8:26 PM

I did not know about this function, but off the top of my head I can't think of a situation where it would be useful to me. If I come across a situation where I decide to use it I'll try to remember to come back and give an update.

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Patrick Egan Nov 3, 2015 6:18 AM

I use the above to select all the parts in a complex assembly containing sub-assemblies to apply part level changes globally - the most recent/most used example would be when we need to edit the material for all or most of the parts, which can be done with a right click in the workspace after using this search.

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Jamil Snead @ Patrick Egan on Nov 4, 2015 12:00 AM

I have wanted to do that before, now I know how. Thanks!

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Alin Vargatu Nov 2, 2015 11:17 PM

Very useful when needing to select components based on custom properties values.

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Faur Arama Nov 3, 2015 2:21 AM

We are using the advanced selection and also we defined some custom criteria.

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Peter De Vlieger Nov 4, 2015 5:43 AM

Been using SW for 6 years. First time I heard of it.

Don't see a direct use for it but then again it will need a whole lot of digging to get to grips of how it works or what one can actually all do with it.

For instance what is the column "category2" for? What does it do and how and when does one use it?

The other columns are pretty self explanatory but that one eludes me and the help files, a&s far as I can see, don't mention it at all.

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Frank Ruepp

@ Peter De Vlieger on Nov 4, 2015 7:23 AM

Hi Peter,

there are categories that have sub-categories. I just tried i.e. File Status or Incontext Relations. With those categories you can specify a sub-category:

Hope this helps.

Thanks

Frank

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Peter De Vlieger @ Frank Ruepp on Nov 4, 2015 7:53 AM

Thank you Frank for the clarification.

That does indeed help.

There is one more namely Custom Property that lets one use a sub-category.

Have a nice one

Peter

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Kelvin Lamport Nov 2, 2015 8:50 AM
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I've known about it for a long time, and used it once or twice to test it, but have never had the need to use it since.
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Jamil Snead Nov 2, 2015 8:26 PM
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I did not know about this function, but off the top of my head I can't think of a situation where it would be useful to me. If I come across a situation where I decide to use it I'll try to remember to come back and give an update.
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Patrick Egan Nov 3, 2015 6:18 AM
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I use the above to select all the parts in a complex assembly containing sub-assemblies to apply part level changes globally - the most recent/most used example would be when we need to edit the material for all or most of the parts, which can be done with a right click in the workspace after using this search.
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- Jamil Snead @ Patrick Egan on Nov 4, 2015 12:00 AM
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  I have wanted to do that before, now I know how. Thanks!
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Alin Vargatu Nov 2, 2015 11:17 PM
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Very useful when needing to select components based on custom properties values.
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Faur Arama Nov 3, 2015 2:21 AM
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We are using the advanced selection and also we defined some custom criteria.
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Peter De Vlieger Nov 4, 2015 5:43 AM
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Been using SW for 6 years. First time I heard of it.

Don't see a direct use for it but then again it will need a whole lot of digging to get to grips of how it works or what one can actually all do with it.

For instance what is the column "category2" for? What does it do and how and when does one use it?
The other columns are pretty self explanatory but that one eludes me and the help files, a&s far as I can see, don't mention it at all.
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- Frank Ruepp @ Peter De Vlieger on Nov 4, 2015 7:23 AM
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  Hi Peter,
  
  there are categories that have sub-categories. I just tried i.e. File Status or Incontext Relations. With those categories you can specify a sub-category:
  Hope this helps.
  
  Thanks
  Frank
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  - Peter De Vlieger @ Frank Ruepp on Nov 4, 2015 7:53 AM
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    Thank you Frank for the clarification.
    
    That does indeed help.
    There is one more namely Custom Property that lets one use a sub-category.
    
    Have a nice one
    Peter
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