There are two ways to utilise fences with selection sets.
- Because the Select By Attributes utility (Edit > Select By Attributes) lets you choose Select, Locate or Display modes based on specific criteria, you can use selection sets and fences together. If you change the Mode setting to Location instead of Selection and don't close the Select By utility, you can place a fence that defines the area on which you want to operate. Only the information that meets both the criteria of the fence and Select By will be processed. You can repeat the fence placement to operate on other areas of the design.
- In MicroStation SE and MicroStation/J, PowerSelector gives you the ability to select multiple areas at the same time -- in effect, giving you the ability to emulate multiple fences. You can use the same process mentioned above to set the Location criteria in Select By and then use PowerSelector's Block and/or Shape Methods to create very useful selection set/fence combinations.
Note: By default, PowerSelector's Block and Shape Methods default to "inside," where only data that is completely inside the area that you define will be operated on. To switch to "overlap," double-click on the Shape or Block Method icons. To switch back to "inside," double-click either of the icons again.
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