Create Part

Parts are the polygon version of point selection sets. (One distinction, however, is that a polygon can be assigned to only one part name, while a point can be a member of multiple selection sets.) You can quickly select a user-defined set of polygons by name as you would with surface names. This feature operates independently and in parallel with surface naming.

To name polygon parts:

1. Select a group of polygons
   
   
   
2. Click Detail > Selection Sets > Create Part. Enter the desired name in the Name field and click OK.

You can add to an existing part group by selecting the additional polygons and then selecting the group’s name from the pop-up menu.

To select parts:

1. In Polygon Selection Mode, choose the Statistics button at the bottom of the interface to open the Polygon Statistics Panel.
2. Click on the pop-up menu triangle on the last line in the panel. (If it isn’t visible, drag the bottom of the panel down.) Select the desired part name
3. The selected part’s name will appear on the line. Click the plus sign (+) to select all of the polygons defined by the part.