In part I like it because it’s obscure, and in part because when it works, there is nothing else quite like it. So this bug is unnecessary in several different ways.
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You could also make this selection using the other loop selection method, with the RMB, so it isn’t really critical, and the malfunctioning function could just be removed from the software without losing anything. Just remember that interior loops don’t have to be difficult. This bug has been in the software longer than I can remember. The second image is just the edit of the feature created in the first image. And for a further bug, if you accept the above feature and then later edit it, the selection will only list a Loop. When you accept the feature, it will only fillet the selection of the interior loop. The problem here is that the preview is wrong. Notice also that it previews the fillet as if it means this selection literally – a face and an edge. I clearly selected a face and Ctrl selected an edge. Notice below that the selection box shows Face and Edge. When you use this in conjunction with a feature like the Fillet, it makes some edge selection much simpler, but I think some people may be scared off because of a bug in this feature. For example, if you wanted to select all the edges around the irregular hole in the middle of the part show to the right, you could click the face, and then control click one of the interior edges. There is also a method for selecting an interior loop. Notice the orange and yellow arrows in the following screen shots. One loop for each face that it is adjacent to. Each edge (on a solid body) is a member of two loops. You can’t use it to select construction geometry. Select Chain Select chain is used again from the RMB in the sketches to select continuous loops of sketch entities. Sometimes it will show up in a different place within the RMB menu, and it is included with some features (fillet, chamfer, draft) under the Propagate To Tangent name. Select Tangency is a RMB option, and is available for faces or edges. If you select a face of a part in an assembly, invert selection will select all the other parts in the assembly. If you select a face of a part and use it, it will select all the other faces. Again, you can use it in many different situations. You start by selecting something, and then you can access Invert Selection through the RMB menu. You know, I have never used this option, although I think it’s brilliant. You could also find curves, edges, sketch entities, bodies, surfaces, midpoints, and other stuff. In the image to the right, it is showing faces and parts. It might have several different types of entities on it. Just right click at the point where you know what you are looking for should be, and SolidWorks will pop up a list, shown to the right. This one can be tough to get the hang of. When you have a bunch of things on top of one another, and you can’t access the one you need directly, the Select Other tool may be the best option. So you may see the symbol without the words, and wonder what it is. The first thing to know about this is that it sometimes show up on the context bar on top of the RMB menu, if you haven’t elected to disable those. You can also use this in the FeatureManager, not just in the graphics window. Works for parts, assemblies, sketches, and drawings, and in conjunction with the Selection Filter. Window Select does have another function, if you make a box from left to right, it selects anything that is completely contained within the box, and if you box from right to left, it selects anything that is within or crossing the box boundary. To get other items, use the Selection Filter (F5). If you window select in a part, it by default will just select all the edges. Window select typically follows the defaults of Select All. In an assembly it defaults to selecting all parts. If you are in a sketch, it defaults to all sketch entities. By default in a part it selects all edges, but this will change depending on if you have any selection filters turned on. Access it by Ctrl-A, through the menus at Edit>Select All, or there is an icon for it (3 select arrows). This just showed up in SW 2012, and only about 15 years late.
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I’m sure I won’t hit them all here, so feel free to chime in and add to the list. There are a lot of different selection methods available in SolidWorks for use in different situations.
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