Element selection

Controlling on-screen display
Tools for controlling on-screen display
Shortcut menu in navigation mode

Using Element Selection, you can select the design entities you want to display in the current viewport. The program temporarily hides all the other design entities and automatically switches to Navigation Mode.

Click Element Selection again to switch it off.

To display individual elements in the viewport and hide all the others

1. Click Element Selection (How) on the View menu or the viewport toolbar.
   
   Or:
   
   Right-click in a viewport in Navigation Mode. On the shortcut menu, select Element Selection.
   

   Activate Element Selection in one of the following ways

   • Toolbar: Viewport toolbar

   • Shortcut menu: Navigation Mode selected - Right mouse button
2. Select the elements you want to display.
   

   • To select a single element, click it.
   • To select elements in a region, use the left mouse button to open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select
   • To include all the elements in the current document, click All in the Input options or press CTRL+A. Please note that this option is not available for all tools.

   For more information on the options available for selecting elements in Allplan, see Selecting elements, overview.

   When selecting elements, you can use the Filter Assistant to apply a filter based on element types and/or properties. For more information, see Filter Assistant.

   The program displays the selected elements in the current viewport and automatically switches to Navigation Mode.

   Tip: You can use the Focal length parameter in 3D View (viewport toolbar) to control the aperture angle of the vision cone in the current viewport. The focal length is equivalent to the lens on a small camera. The default of 50 mm is equivalent to a normal lens.

3. To move the camera, press and hold down one of the three mouse buttons and drag.
4. You can move the camera in the following ways
   • Sphere mode is the default.
   • Press the CTRL key to navigate in camera mode.

     Tip: Pressing and holding down the SHIFT key increases the speed (sensitivity) by a factor of 5.

5. Click Element Selection again to switch it off. The program automatically switches Navigation Mode off again.