{"id":2653,"date":"2015-01-26T09:34:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T09:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2015-11-03T16:47:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T16:47:17","slug":"smartcut-using-power-select-in-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/01\/smartcut-using-power-select-in-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartcut: Using Power Select in Simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently was working on a somewhat complex model from a customer in Simulation, and I used the Power Select<\/strong> tool in SOLIDWORKS to help make the job easier. Here\u2019s a cut view of an example\u00a0model so that you can see all the small faces where I needed to\u00a0apply a pressure loading, and hopefully you can imagine the task of having to make sure all of them were properly selected in the Simulation load dialog box. This is where I remembered the ability of the Power Select tool to get features based on color.<\/p>\n

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So I systematically made several different selections of faces (of course also using the face filter tool) and colored them a nice Red color indicating where the pressure was to be applied. This made the task of making sure all of the required faces were grabbed since I could clearly see whether they were red or white; this was the the case for very small faces that were areas of a fillet feature.<\/p>\n

After I was assured that I had all the faces I needed, then I invoked the Power Select tool from the drop down menu of the selection Arrow.<\/p>\n

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Then in the Power Select dialog, I chose to select only Faces, and filter them only by Face Color. Hitting the \u201cSearch\u201d button then instantly found the 127 faces!<\/p>\n

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Upon hitting the Close button, I had all the faces pre-selected for me to apply the Pressure loading in Simulation with the confidence that I knew that I had everything.<\/p>\n

Originally posted by Joe Galliera in the SOLIDWORKS Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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