About the User Selection Filter Toolbar

The User Selection Filter toolbar lets you select objects according to their type using two predefined filter modes.

Filter type

You can select the type of object to be filtered.

Icon Command name Lets you...


Point Filter Filter points


Curve Filter Filter curves


Surface Filter Filter surfaces


Volume Filter Filter volumes


Cloud/Mesh Filter Filter clouds and meshes. See Digitized Shape Editor User's Guide.

Filter mode

You can choose to filter either feature elements, or geometrical elements.

Icon Command name Lets you...


Feature Element Filter Select the whole feature whether it is a sketch, product, pad, join, etc.


Geometrical Element Filter Select sub-elements of a feature such as faces, edges or vertices.

Reset Selection Filters

The Reset Selection Filters command is not displayed in the User Selection Filter toolbar by default.

It lets you deactivate the filter icons that have been previously activated in the User Selection Filter toolbar (i.e. icons listed in the Filter type section detailed above, other icons are not impacted).

To use this command, you can choose between the following three methods:


  • Type c:Reset Selection Filters in the power input box: all the icons are deactivated.
  • Select View > Commands List then select Reset Selection Filters from the list before clicking OK to validate: this deactivates all the icons in the toolbar.
  • Select Tools > Customize, access the Commands tab, select All Commands in the Categories list then drag and drop the Reset Selection Filters command onto the User Selection Filter toolbar (or any other toolbar). You can then check Reset Selection Filters when needed to deactivate the toolbar icons.