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Advanced Object Selection in Ultiboard
Last week's post talked about some basic ways to help with selecting the right objects, but I left the post with room to expand with some additional tips for object selection.
Before I get to the least known selection aid - oh the suspense - I'll mention two better known selection aids.
The first one is the Parts tab in the Spreadsheet View. The selection in this tab stays in sync with the selection on the workspace. That is, when you select a part in Ultiboard, the part's entry in the Spreadsheet View is automatically selected. The inverse is also true. When you select a part's entry in the Spreadsheet View, the part is selected on the workspace. This works with multiple selections, so selecting multiple parts in the Spreadsheet View is an easy way to select multiple parts on the workspace (even if they are far apart).
Although it would be easier to see as a video, the four holes are selected on both the workspace and in the Spreadsheet View.
The other selection aid is for selecting connected traces. Even in the simple design above, traces follow complex routes, and are sometimes made from short segments. If you need delete or modify customized settings for the segments, you need to select all of the segments. The easiest way to do this is to select one segment of the trace, then click Edit > Select Entire Trace (or select it from the context menu).
The Grand Poobah of unknown advanced selection in Ultiboard is the right click+drag. It is like the left click+drag to select a group of objects, but with the right mouse button instead. The different here is when you release the mouse button, you get 2 additional selection options that allow you to filter out objects based on particular layers (the first one is equivalent to a left click+drag).
With right click+drag, you don't need to turn off the layer in the Design Toolbox to select objects by layer.
Those are my tips for selecting objects in Ultiboard. Did you know about all of these or can you teach me about a selection aid that I don't know about?
