Using the Features Filter

Filter according to type of feature.

The feature types by which you can filter are line, pad, surface, arc, text, positive features, and negative features.

The initial setting of the features bar is all filters not selected. All lines, pads, surfaces, arcs, text, positive and negative features are selected when selecting with the Area or Polygon selection tools.

Define advanced Filters.

Click Advanced.

The Advanced Filter dialog box opens. See “Using the Advanced Filter”.

Include or exclude features of a specific symbol.

Do one of these:

• Click either the include or exclude arrow, and then click the feature in the graphic area.

  Its name appears in the field. Only symbols with this name will be included or excluded in selection. Each symbol selected with replaces the previous symbol. To add a symbol to the presently selected one, choose with the cumulative button.

• Click Include Symbols or Exclude Symbols and select a number of symbols to include or exclude from the list.

  The names, separated by semi-colons (;), display in the field.

Save a user defined filter.

Use a user-defined filter.

Click User Filter, and select a filter from the list in the User Defined Filters dialog box.

The filter name text includes the description. Therefore, to filter the list, enter the name of the filter with an asterisk (*) at the end to ignore the description.

Filter by Dcode.

Click Dcode and select a Dcode from the dialog box.

The Dcode applies to the selection, in addition to other filters. The Dcode name appears in the field beside the Dcode button.

Use the Components filter.

Click Components and select components from the Components Filter dialog box. See “Filtering by Component”.

Deactivate all filters.

Clear the Filter check box (all items will be selected). Select the Filter check box to re-activate and apply defined filters.

Return to the default values of the Features Filter dialog box.

Click Reset.

Filter by attributes.

Click Attributes.

The Attributes Filter dialog box opens. See “Filtering by Attribute”. If an attribute filter is selected, this button appears in red.

Filter according to location relative to the profile.

In the profile field, select one of the options:

• All Profile — All features inside and outside of the profile.

• In Profile — Only features inside the profile are selected.

• Out Profile — Only features outside profile are selected.

Select or clear filtered features.

After specifying filters, click Select to select all filtered features in Affected layers subject to the criteria set here and the parameters previously set in the Selection Options dialog box.

To remove the selection of all filtered features, click Unselect. This deselects features and does not turn off highlighted features.

Highlight or turn off highlighting.

To highlight all filtered features, click Highlight.

To turn off highlighting, click Turn Off. This removes highlight from highlighted features only, and not from selected features.

Search for features.

If it is available, click the Search button.

The Search dialog box opens.

Use these buttons to search for features:

• Search layer — To select the layer to search.

• Arrows of the second row — To browse all features in the layer.

• Arrows of the Select row and Unselect row — To select or deselect the feature.

• Auto Zoom — To change magnification to fit each feature.

The Index field displays the index number of the currently selected feature.

Display feature information.

If it is available, click the Properties button.

Select, highlight, or search in accordance with the set filters.

Click the Histogram button.

The Features Histogram dialog box opens, with selection status of all features. See “Using the Histogram to Filter”.

Select features according to defined filters. If you do not use feature selection tools, filters apply to all features in Affected layers.