ViewMate Tips - PentaLogix

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Select individual elements based on various
criteria.

There are 3 basic ways to select items.

Click near an item to select it
Select multiple items by dragging a window around them
Use the "Global Selection" to select all items that meet your selection criteria.

Activate the layer you want to analyze. To do this, right click and select "Only this visible"

Learn more about selecting elements in ViewMate and CAMMaster.

Learn more about 2 types of select items on ViewMate

Viewmate will select the closest item that meets your selection criteria by default. ViewMate will restrict the selection to the currently active layer and select the element closest to the cursor; that element could be a pad, a stroke, a polygon, or simply whatever is closest to the cursor.
You can restrict the types of items that are selected by setting your selection criteria.
The selection criteria are determined by a combination of factors. There are three check boxes and a combo box that you can configure to set your selection criteria and limit your selection to elements that are only on the current layer. Make sure the only checkbox for the current layer is checked

The final selection criteria depend on the four elements: