Quick Color Filter

Access: Open this group of functions from one of the following locations:

  • Select the required function from the Quick Color Filter dropdown list in the Selection Floating toolbar.

  • Select Edit > Selection from the menu bar. Select the required function.

Define the options to quickly filter entities by color. Use the Quick Color Filter icons (in the Selection Floating Toolbar) as a short cut for the Selection Filter options. Select from the screen an entity of the desired color or colors, then use the color filter to limit mass selection by only these colors, or all but these colors.

The commands that are available in the Floating toolbar depend on the currently active file type (Part, Assembly, Drafting, or NC Manufacturing).

Notes:

  • The Floating Filters toolbar commands can also be found in the Edit > Filters menu in the Cimatron window.

  • The color filter functions appear in the following locations in the Cimatron window (the Quick Color Filter functions appear in the Selection Toolbar):

Using the Quick Color Filter

When invokinginvoking(for instructions on how to invoke this, press the Access button at the top of this Help topic) an operation to quick filter by colors, the following icons appear in the Selection Toolbar:

The color(s) of preselected entities are considered filter colors. Based on this, these tools enable you to:

  • Select only those entities with the chosen filter colors.
  • Select all entities except for those with the chosen filter colors.

For the Color Filter, the color(s) of preselected entities are considered filter colors.

Quick Color Filter options

The function descriptions below are listed in the order they appear in the Filter by Colors pulldown menu in the Selection Toolbar. These functions are also available from the Edit > Selection menu.

Filter by Selected Colors

Select specific colors and allow only the selection of entities with those colors.

For example, if entities colored RED, YELLOW, and PURPLE were preselected before invoking this option, then the Selection Filter only enables the selection of entities with those colors (RED, YELLOW, or PURPLE).

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The color(s) of preselected entities are considered filter colors.

In this example, red, yellow, and purple entities are selected:

When theoption is invoked, the Selection Filter enables the selection of only those entities with the chosen filter colors (in this case, red, yellow, or purple).

Notes:

  • 16 standard and 5 'other' custom (non-standard) colors can be used when filtering by selected colors.

  • The 'other' colors are defined by the system when you use the color filter options with custom (non-standard) colors. If more than 5 custom colors are selected, an appropriate message is displayed. See the Selection Filter for additional information on custom colors.

  • If no entities are selected prior to invoking this option, the last used color filter definition is used. If no previous color filter definition exists, a message is displayed prompting you to select entities.

Filter by Not-Selected Colors

Select specific colors and allow only the selection of entities without those colors.

For example, if entities colored RED, YELLOW, and PURPLE were preselected before invoking this option, then the Selection Filter only enables the selection of entities that are NOT RED, YELLOW, or PURPLE.


ExampleExample

The color(s) of preselected entities are considered filter colors.

In this example red, yellow, and purple entities are selected:

When theoption is invoked, the Selection Filter enables the selection of all entities except for those with the chosen filter colors (in this case, all entities that are NOT red, yellow or purple).

Filter by Colors - OFF

Turn color filtering off.

This cancels any previously defined color filter option. This basically unselects the Color checkbox in the Attributes tab of the Selection Filter dialog.

Color Filter Dialog

Displays the Selection Filter dialog set to the Attributes tab and with the Color branch expanded.

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.