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need help selecting fully shaded surfaces with window


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When creating toolpaths can I select only the surfaces I can see when fully shaded using window mode? I don't want to pick up the surfaces on the back or in the middle. I know that I can put the surfaces on different levels and also hide the surfaces but I would prefer to choose only the surfaces as seen on screen and ignore the surfaces I can't see when fully shaded.

 

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Yes, but then I have to select them to make them different colors first...

 

or have the features import into MC with different color. very easy if originally modeled in solidworks...

i know; minimally helpful...

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Kinda almost what you are looking for, but not really....

 

On the general selection bar,

select only,

goto misc.

click depth

use greater than

either enter a number or right click in the field and select an option (i.e. z coord of a point.) use zero for this example....

 

Now window select and only the entities with a depth greater than zero (relative to your current cplane) will be selected.

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