Coreform Cubit 2024.8 User Documentation
Clicking the Right mouse button in the graphics window will bring up a menu. One of two menus will appear, depending on whether an entity is currently selected.
When an entity is selected, the options available will depend upon the type of entity selected. The following describes the menu options and when they are available.
| Menu Option | Description | Entity Type(s) |
| Select Other... | Brings up a dialog with alternate entity selections | All |
| Select Similar Volume | Selects other volumes with the same geometric volume and number of surfaces | Volumes |
| Select Similar Surface | Selects other surfaces with the same area and number of curves | Surfaces |
| Select Blend Chain | Selects other surfaces in the same blend chain that have the same radius of curvature | Blend surfaces |
| Select Cavity | Selects other surfaces in the same cavity collection. Surfaces bounded by curves where the external angle is greater than 180 degrees. | Cavity surfaces |
| Select Similar Curves | Selects other curves with the same length | Curves |
| Select Enclosure | Selects all connected surfaces to the current selection(s) on the same volume | Surfaces |
| Select Between | If at least two surfaces (or collections of surfaces) are selected, all connected surfaces situated between the two surfaces will be selected. | Surfaces |
| Select Similar Curves | Selects other curves with the same length | Curves |
| Select by Name | Selects other entities with the same name. Includes entities with the same name prefix prior to the "@" character if it exists. | Geometry entities |
| Pick Extended... | Brings up dialog for extended selection. Related entites can be selected using custom criteria defined from a python script. | Surfaces |
| Menu Option | Description | Entity Type(s) |
| Zoom To | Zoom to the selected entity | All |
| Rotate About | Center of rotation is changed to the centroid of the selected entity(s) | All |
| Locate | Text label with line pointing to entity is displayed | All |
| Draw | Clears the graphics window and draws the selected entity(s) | All |
| Draw Elements | Brings up a secondary menu with options to Draw specific 3D mesh entity types (without geometry). | Meshed Volumes |
| Draw Normal | Displays an arrow from the center of the selected surface in the direction of its normal. Also colors surface indicating orientation. | Geometry Entities |
| Draw With Neighbors | Clears the graphics window and displays the selected entity(s) along with entities sharing a common vertex | Geometry Entities |
| Draw With Nearby Volumes | Draws the selected volume(s) along with volumes that are within a small distance | Volumes |
| Draw Volume Overlap | Draws the curves in the selected volume(s) as well as any volume it overlaps. The region shared between the overlapping volumes will be displayed in red | Volumes |
| Isolate | Turn off visibility for all entities except the selected entity(s) | Geometry Entities |
| Visibility Off | Turn off the visibility of the selected entity(s) | Geometry Entities |
| Menu Option | Description | Entity Type(s) |
| Add to Group/BC | Opens a dialog box for adding the selected entity to an existing boundary condition or group | All |
| Remove from Group/BC | Opens a dialog box for removing the selected entity from an existing boundary condition or group | All |
| Mesh | Mesh the selected entities using the current meshing scheme and size settings | Unmeshed Geometry Entities |
| Delete Mesh | Deletes the mesh from the selected entities using the "propagate" option. (Deletes mesh entities on lower order entities.) | Meshed Geometry Entities |
| Show Quality | Displays the mesh quality of the selected entities to the output window. | Meshed Geometry Entities |
| Measure | When a single entity is selected, displays to the output window the geometric length, area or volume. When two entities are selected, displays the closest distance between the entities. | Geometry Entities |
| List Information | Show a menu with additional options for listing information about the selected entities. List Basic Info: Lists connectivity and associated lower order entities. Geometry: Basic info plus additional geometric information such as centroid, bounding box, surface area etc. List Mesh Info: Basic info plus additional information about the associated mesh. | All |
| Save Selection As... | Brings up a File Browser to save the currently selected entities as a cub file. | Geometry Entities |
| Delete | Deletes the selected geometry entities | Free Geometry Entities |
| Remove | Removes a surface using the remove surface command. | Surfaces in Volumes |
| Menu Option | Description | Entity Type(s) |
| Refresh Display | Clears temporary graphics a refreshes display of current geometry and mesh. | All |
| Draw Mesh | Displays any existing mesh entities without geometry. | Meshed Entities and Free Mesh |
| Reset Zoom | Reset graphics viewing options to original settings. | All |
| All Visible | Reset visibility status to ON for all entities and display. | All |
| Display Options... | Opens the Display Options Dialog to set graphics window characteristics such as background color, lighting, triad options etc. | All |