Copying and Pasting Selection Lists
Another way to create selections is to copy and paste existing lists of geometry objects or geometric entities. If, for example, you have a list of geometric entities (boundaries, for example) in a file or document, you can copy it to the clipboard and then use Ctrl+V to directly paste that list into a selection list in a Settings window. An example of this is a list of geometric entity numbers described as a step in a modeling instruction. In geometry sequences, you can also copy and paste selections that include geometry object and geometric entities that are part of such geometry objects.
You can also use the Copy Selection button () and Paste Selection button () if you have a list of geometric entities that you want to paste into a selection list. Clicking Copy Selection () copies the current selection in that Settings window so that you can paste it into some other selection (for a compatibly geometry object or geometric entity level) in another Settings window. These buttons are available on many Settings windows as in Figure 6-17 and Figure 6-18 and in the Selection List window (except when in Geometry mode).
Copying and Pasting Geometric Entity Information into a Selection List
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Prepare or copy the information to insert into the selection list. For example, copy a list of numbers from a text file or PDF file such as COMSOL model documentation (highlight and press Ctrl+C). Also copy a selection on any Settings window, (for example, the Fixed Constraint boundaries). Click the Copy Selection button () and go to the next step.
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Click the Paste Selection button ().
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In the Paste Selection window, paste (press Ctrl+V) or enter the list of geometric entities into the Selection field. Data in the list or entered in the field can include commas, semicolons, colons, tabs, and spaces as separators (1, 3), ranges (10–34), and words (and). For geometry objects, you can also use colons to separate the object and its entities. For example, in a boundary selection, typing cone1 1 4 arr1(2,1) 3 4 7 or, alternatively, cone1: 1, 4; arr1(2,1): 3, 4, and 7, both select boundaries 1 and 4 for the cone with the name cone1 and boundaries 3, 4, and 7 for the array object arr1(2,1). Click OK to paste the selection into the selection list.