Selecting Contours
The Contours 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 Contours to scan this refined selection for contours.
For example:
• To move all contours in your drawing by a given distance:
a. Display the Modify menu and click Move.
b. Click two points to define the distance and direction of the move.
c. Click Select, Advanced.
d. In the Select dialog box, click Select, All, Contours, OK.
e. Click Confirm to move the selected contours.
• To delete all elements other than contours:
a. Click Delete.
b. Click Select, Advanced.
c. In the Select dialog box, click Select, All, Contours, Not, OK.
d. Click Confirm to delete all non-contour elements.
• To change the color of all contours to green:
a. Click Geometry, Change, Color.
b. Set the color to Green and click OK.
c. Click Select, Advanced.
d. In the Select dialog box, click Select, All, Contours, OK.
e. Click Confirm to change the color of all contours to green.