Difficulty selecting sketch entities on body surface

[shane.henrik]

Hi All!

Trying to select sketches on simple surfaces is proving quite difficult here and I assume there's gotta be some setting to turn whatever is currently happening off.

I've toggled through all the Selection Filters with no success, is there something else causing this? Screencast video attached here - I appreciate any help!

[shane.henrik]

Seems the video link did not attach:

https://autode.sk/3o3Ie0F

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

You are placing two different sketches on top of each other.  This makes it harder to select the different profiles.  If you place all your entities in the same sketch it is easier to select the profiles.  I am not suggesting your make your sketches complex, just more efficient.  By the way, you can also use a Window Selection method in your state also to select the small squares easily.  Also in the Screencast I show you how to hold your left mouse button down to bring up the selection list.  I do not think you need to hold the Shift key down.  Ctrl (Windows) is used to deselect if you make a mistake.  Take a look at the Screencast.

[TrippyLighting]

Can you share the model (export as .f3d and attach to the next post)?

[shane.henrik]

Wow - that was extremely helpful and thorough. Above and beyond - I really really appreciate that it cleared it up and taught me some new tricks. Thanks!