Patchwork 3D Community 2021.1 X5

Tag Manager

Available in: Shaper: Surface > Tag Manager (Ctrl+M)

The Tag Manager uses buttons to manage the list of tags, to create tags, to add tags to a selection, and to manage a selection using tags.

Tags are used in Shaper and in Matter to manage the selection and to:

Managing the list of displayed tags:

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Function

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Remove all tags from the display list. This does not delete the tags.

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Recover the tags from all surfaces and display them in the list.

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Recover only the tags from the selected surfaces and add them to the list.

Creating tags:

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Add the edited tag to the selection.

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Create a tag with the name in the text box and add it to the list.

Applying or removing tags from a selection:

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Function

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Delete the tag highlighted in the list from the selected surfaces.

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Add the tag highlighted in the list to the selected surfaces.

Managing the selection:

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Select the surfaces using the tag highlighted in the list.

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When some surfaces are already selected, add the surface using this tag to the selection.

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When some surface are already selected, deselect only the surfaces using this tag.

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