The COMSOL Selections Window
In the SOLIDWORKS® user interface, click the Selections button on the COMSOL Multiphysics tab to open the COMSOL Selections window where you can set up user-defined selections of geometric entities to be synchronized with the COMSOL® model.
Alternatively, to create a user-defined selection right-click a feature or component in the SOLIDWORKS® model tree, or a geometrical entity in the graphics area, and choose COMSOL Selections. This also opens the COMSOL Selections window, and adds the new selection to the list of Selections. You can add additional items to the selection by selecting on the geometry or in the tree that appears in the graphics area.
The Selections list contains the list of user-defined selections for the active file in SOLIDWORKS®. For each selection from the list you can review and modify the entities included in the selection. These appear in the Entities list. You can also edit the selection name, which is displayed in the Name field.
The following is a list of geometric entities or model elements that can be selected on a SOLIDWORKS® design:
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bodies, solid or surface, or body folders
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components that can be parts, or subassemblies of an assembly, and folders that contain components
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features, or folders that contain features
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entities, such as faces, edges, and points
To create a new selection click the New button. A selection can only contain entities of the same type, for example, only faces or only points. The first item added to a selection determines the type for the selection. Change the selection mode in SOLIDWORKS® to select different entity types, and use the model tree to select assembly components, features and solid bodies. The toggle buttons above the Selections list filter which selections are displayed based on their type. To remove a selection from the Selections list right-click the selection, then select Delete. Selecting Clear deletes all selections from the list.
To remove an item from a selection right-click the item in the Entities list, then select Delete.
To turn off the synchronization of the material selections clear the Generate selections from materials checkbox. After the next synchronization the selections based on materials will not appear in the COMSOL model.
Selections are automatically saved in the SOLIDWORKS® file the next time you save the file. To reload the selections saved in the SOLIDWORKS® file click the Revert to Saved button, available in the Options section.
To confirm changes and close the COMSOL Selections window click OK. This step is necessary before synchronizing between SOLIDWORKS® and COMSOL to transfer the selections.