List Select Macro (Select hidden sub-objects)

[HoWil]

Yes, it's already in the upstream.

yippie

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Hey Bernd, Is it possible to use it that way in FEM?

[HoWil]

Yes, it's already in the upstream.

I did test it with the 0.19_pre appimage and noticed that no solids are listed. Is it possible to add solids as well? A simple test-case is creating a cube and a sphere in Part-wb and applying 'Boolean Fragmenst'. After that there exists a third solid-domain between the cube and the sphere which is the target to select.
Thanks in advance,
BR,
HoWil

[realthunder]

I did test it with the 0.19_pre appimage and noticed that no solids are listed. Is it possible to add solids as well? A simple test-case is creating a cube and a sphere in Part-wb and applying 'Boolean Fragmenst'. After that there exists a third solid-domain between the cube and the sphere which is the target to select.

That's a very useful feature that is lacking in the current selection framework. I actually thought about this in the past too. Not easy to add. Let me think about it.

[tthomas20]

I have updated the code for this macro and it is working in 0.18.4, but when I am in FEM it will not let me select the inner object. I have been trying to follow the tutorial

https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/FEM_She ... site_Block

and I am stuck on selecting the second object for the second mesh region.

The report view gives me

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\tthomas\AppData\Local\FreeCAD 0.18\Mod\Fem\femguiobjects\FemSelectionWidgets.py", line 496, in addSelection
self.parseSelectionFunction(self.added_obj)
File "C:\Users\tthomas\AppData\Local\FreeCAD 0.18\Mod\Fem\femguiobjects\FemSelectionWidgets.py", line 411, in selectionParser
elt = selection[0].Shape.getElement(selection[1])
<class 'SystemError'>: <built-in method getElement of Part.CompSolid object at 0x000001CACF71DD58> returned NULL without setting an error

I am not quite sure what to do at this point and any help would be appriciated

[HoWil]

I have updated the code for this macro and it is working in 0.18.4

Hi tthomas20,
Can you please share your code. This will make it easier for others to review it and give maybe necessary feedback.
BR

[tthomas20]

Sure. This should be the most up to date version on GitHub.

[HarryvL]

Does anybody have (positive) experience with installing the tool under Windows? I put it in a directory .../Src/Mod/SelectionTool but don't know how to get FC to recognise it. It doesn't show up in menu item Edit > Preference > Display as I automatically got under Ubuntu

OS: Windows 10 (10.0)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.19409 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 94280f15cafbabb4af601d78e435f021b261c3d0
Python version: 3.6.8
Qt version: 5.12.1
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: English/Denmark (en_DK)

[alexu]

Does anybody have (positive) experience with installing the tool under Windows? I put it in a directory .../Src/Mod/SelectionTool but don't know how to get FC to recognise it.

Under Windows, Macros and Workbenches are normally located in:
C:\Users\<$YOUR_USER_NAME>\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD

Add to Macros or Mod directory as appropriate.

[tthomas20]

Does anybody have (positive) experience with installing the tool under Windows? I put it in a directory .../Src/Mod/SelectionTool but don't know how to get FC to recognise it. It doesn't show up in menu item Edit > Preference > Display as I automatically got under Ubuntu

It worked for me on Windows with FC 0.18.4. I didn't put it in …/src/Mod, nor did I put it in the Macro directory.

I added it to...AppData\Local\FreeCAD 0.18\Mod\SelectionTools. After restarting FC it showed up in my preferences.

The only issue I am having now is the one mentioned above where it will not let me select internal objects in the FEM workbench such as to assign a material

[HoWil]

Hi tthomas20
Only to be sure, is this your repo? https://github.com/tomate44/SelectionTools