Macro Select Hovering

Description

this macro select a choice Face, Edge, Vertex hovering by the mouse.

# This code is copied instead of the original macro code
# to guide the user to the online download page.
# Use it if the code of the macro is larger than 64 KB and cannot be included in the wiki
# or if the RAW code URL is somewhere else in the wiki.

from PySide import QtGui, QtCore

diag = QtGui.QMessageBox(QtGui.QMessageBox.Information,
    "Information",
    "This macro must be downloaded from this link\n"
    "\n"
    "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mario52a/7ebe6b3fd047441114d9d0e08ceddd63/raw/f9dea03a0327b48c76a7c3e9d7cd391b5093a8cf/Macro%2520Select%2520Hovering.FCMacro" + "\n"
    "\n"
    "Quit this window to access the download page")

diag.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)
diag.setWindowModality(QtCore.Qt.ApplicationModal)
diag.exec_()

import webbrowser 
webbrowser.open("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mario52a/7ebe6b3fd047441114d9d0e08ceddd63/raw/f9dea03a0327b48c76a7c3e9d7cd391b5093a8cf/Macro%2520Select%2520Hovering.FCMacro")

PS: For deselect one face (or other) click the Pause grab and use the standard procedure : CTRL + Click

How To Use

Hovering element by the mouse.

Section Face

Select Face → 3 number of face(s) 300.0 area total of selections 100.0 area of the latest selection

Section Edge

Select Edge → 4 number of edge(s) 40.0 length total of selections 10.0 length of the latest selection

Section Vertex

Select Vertex → 1 number of vertex(s)

Section Main

Title display info of the :

• ( Obj: 1 ) : number object(s) selected
• ( Sub: 8 ) : number of Sub object(s) selected
• ( Tot: 9 ) : Somme Obj + Sub

Unnamed: Box. Face6 (1.34,2.64,10.0)

• display little info and info below the cursor mouse

Unnamed: 1 : (8 sel.) (Obj. 1, Fa. 3, Ed. 4, Ve. 1)

• Name of document
• 8 selections
• Obj. 1 object
• Fa. 3 faces
• Ed. 4 edges
• Ve. 1 vertex
• If you use several document the macro restores only the selection in the document open (to work)
• The toolTip display the listing of the selected document Name and subObject

Selected by Box

• if you select by the Box selection this button select all objects checked of the selection
• Other think you check the vertex option and you want selected all vertexes of the object ... click this button

Reset Data

• Reset all data in the macro (not the memo)

Reset Memo

• Reset the memo

Remove selection

• Remove the selections in the current document

(PS: if several document are open on click mouse in the 3D view remove all selection in all documents)

Quit

• Quit the macro

Pause grab/Refresh

• Pause the macro for ex: deselect on of many object
• after pause click for return on macro and upgrade al info in the macro
• Can be use for upgrade the selections in the macro (all time)
• Ex: many object are selected before run the macro
• The macro adapts and detect all change of document

Icons

The icon must be copied into the same directory as the macro

The icon ToolBar

Script

Macro_Select_Hovering.FCMacro

Version

ver 00.04 (11/01/2024) : add:

• LineEdit info,
• ComboBox memo selection,
• Button Memo selection,
• Button Selected by body
• Button Reset Data
• Button Reset Memo
• Button Remove Selection

ver 00.03b (28/10/2020) : add print() for Python 3

ver 00.03 (26/12/2017)  : replace test with (FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.getObject(obj), sub) == False)

ver 00.02 (26/12/2017)  :

ver 00.01 (25/12/2017)  :

Link

Multiple face selection to convert a shape to a solid