Selecting Contours
The Contrs option in Select enables you to select contours (closed loops of connected elements).
 To account for the fact that contours may be nested (closed loops of elements within other closed loops of elements), Creo Elements/Direct Drafting allows you to specify a contour level. See Specifying the Contour Level for details. |
The general procedure is as follows:
1. Select a given subset (such as an area enclosed in a selection polygon) of your drawing.
2. Apply further selection criteria to refine your selection.
3. Click Contrs (in SELECT 2) to scan this refined selection for contours.
For example:
• To move all contours in your drawing by a given distance:
a. Display the MODIFY 1 menu and press 2 Pts in MOVE.
b. Click two points to define the distance and direction of the move.
c. Press Select, All and Contrs in SELECT.
d. Press CONFIRM to move the selected contours.
• To delete all elements other than contours:
a. Press DELETE.
b. Press Select, All, Contours, Not in SELECT.
c. Press CONFIRM to delete all non-contour elements.
• To change the color of all contours to green:
a. Press ChgCol in COLOR.
b. Enter green as the new color.
c. Press Select, All and Contours in SELECT.
d. Press CONFIRM to change the color of all contours to green.