Rules Applying to Screen-Picking

Rules Applying to Screen-Picking

Screen-picked entries (by any method) go into the cursor list, of which the 10 most recent entries are shown in this box.

Note that:

• The current FILTER setting also applies to screen-picking: you will not be able to pick an item that has been filtered out.

• Multiple (Area, Circle or Polygon) picking is only available in contexts where it makes sense. If, for example, you are picking a single node for an element you will not be permitted to drag out an area. The cursor symbol gives a prompt: a "cross" permits only scalar picks, a "hand" permits multiple picks.

• When 3D elements are picked by area or polygon the treatment of elements inside a mesh, which are not drawn because all their faces are "internal", depends on the AREA_PICK setting below.

• Screen-picked items can be rejected in a range of ways - see below