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Re: Preferences->Display->Selection tools

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UR_ wrote: Sun Jun 10, 2018 5:14 pm ListSelect.py does the magic
Ok Grazie

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It's not in the Addon manager, or I'm wrong.
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Re: Preferences->Display->Selection tools

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renatorivo wrote: Sun Jun 10, 2018 5:25 pm ... or I'm wrong.
not really :(
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Re: Preferences->Display->Selection tools

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change to FEM --> select a Face --> click tool "add clipping plane" does some magic too ...
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Re: Preferences->Display->Selection tools

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@bernd
Did you mistakenly reply here instead of another topic?

This topic is about the fact that the "Selection tools" tab in Preferences does not come with standard FreeCAD, but is added by a third-party module.

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Re: Preferences->Display->Selection tools

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No ... There was some post about the listmacro which is used to select inner elements of a part. But by the use off cutting planes this could be done easily without this macro.
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Re: Preferences->Display->Selection tools

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bernd wrote: Tue Jun 12, 2018 8:02 pm change to FEM --> select a Face --> click tool "add clipping plane" does some magic too ...
Hi bernd,
I have not found a specific FEM -> add clipping plane, I have View -> Clipping plane that allows me to select inside a shape. Where am I wrong?
View -> Clipping plane works with all WBs.

This however does not resolve the inconsistency between the image published in the wiki and the Gui that the user has in front of him.
I think the Selection tools macro should be added to the addons, but the image in the wiki should refer to a basic installation, so without this tab.

Also, I did not see Selection tools even in the https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Macros_recipes list
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Re: Preferences->Display->Selection tools

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hi
I think we must remove this image, (UR_ is right)

it does not represent the standard installation of FreeCAD

EDIT 13/06/018 20h59 Paris : Done!

mario
Maybe you need a special feature, go into Macros_recipes and Code_snippets, Topological_data_scripting.
My macros on Gist.github here complete macros Wiki and forum.
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Re: Preferences->Display->Selection tools

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@renatorivo: I added this just a few days ago. Means you need latest master. Change to FEM, select a face, Menue utilities, add clipping plane.
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Re: Preferences->Display->Selection tools

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Found the magical clipping plane. Thank you.

OS: Windows 8.1
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.13959 (Git)
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Why put it in FEM, and not as a tool in the View -> Clipping plane menu?
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Re: Preferences->Display->Selection tools

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I had some trouble with the SelectionTools and FC0.19.

Finally I run the command

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pyside2-rcc -o selectiontools_rc.py Resources/SelectionTools.qrc 
and changed line 5 in InitGui.py to
import selectiontools_rc
.

Now it works and I see the tab in Preferences->Display
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