{"id":32507,"date":"2026-04-27T12:17:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/technical-manuals\/graphical-editor-basics\/member-related-controls-12-4-2022\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:37:53","slug":"member-related-controls-12-4-2022","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/member-related-controls-12-4-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Related Controls 12 4 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"toc_anchors\" id=\"Member_Selection\"><span class=\"colour\">Member Selection<br \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">Before you can edit objects, you need to create a selection set. A selection set can consist of a single object, or it can be a more complex grouping.<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">In order to select members in plan view or 3D view, make sure that properties dialog is not open and not performing any tasks\/command.<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">You can make modifications to the members of the selection set. If only a single member is selected, the related properties will be loaded for editing. If multiple elements are selected, only group editing (ie. deleting, mirroring and etc.) can be performed. For example, if you select multiple beams, you can change the slab load calculation methods for the selected beams.<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span class=\"KB_New_Editor_Highlights\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;position: relative;padding: 10px 10px 10px 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-image=\"contentStyle\" style=\"position: absolute;left: 12px;top: 14px;width: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-type=\"non-resize\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-844b6231d142a4bea40d097bca3cc39c.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">You can pick a member or multiple select members (with &quot;Ctrl&quot;) in the Structure tree, 3D views and plan view with the left mouse button. Any subsequent pick from the structure tree will cancel the previous selection if \u201cCtrl\u201d key is not pressed before selection.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"toc_anchors\" id=\"Selection_Filter\"><span class=\"colour\">Selection Filter&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-c1d0871925ce4e31cd87d06c956da1ae.png\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">Selection filter is a filter tool that allow you to choose and filter category\/elements to be picked. Selection Filter is available at Modelling tab &gt; Selection &gt; Selection Filter.<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-b033b150e1d5fe3b4427623a0b7c8c76.png\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">You can simply tick on category\/element that you wish to pick and untick category\/element that you wish not to pick.&nbsp;Select\/Deselect all button allows you easily tick or un-tick all. category\/element.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-c952592a4fc48665a6f81e527defb8b1.png\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 204px;height: auto\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_11205737559906237\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"original\" \/><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">&nbsp;GIF below shows how to select slabs and columns only in the plan view with Selection Filter.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/destek.protayazilim.com\/galleryDocuments\/edbsn42869ad678f43dcce3e999360e0f9cea48c704407643c498349f4894759548dd7eaeeedd7213217911c1c5bb88aee7c5?inline=true\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"toc_anchors\" id=\"Filter_Selection\"><span class=\"colour\">Filter Selection<br \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">When multiple members are selected in the modelling view, &quot;Filter Selection&quot; will be shown in the shortcut menu (right click). &quot;Filter Selection&quot; helps user to filter selected members especially when the members are difficult to select.<\/span><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"original\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_23877452274106692\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 752px;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-b16240bf0962c4fc96064feda81f0378.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"original\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_45205074841471515\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 1064px;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-6d6897938a49f42a40ac5d39b5df6dce.png\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"margin: 10px 0px;position: relative;padding: 10px 10px 10px 40px\" class=\"KB_New_Editor_Highlights\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-1a02df6158e1f6384b2dfadd8af148ab.png\" data-type=\"non-resize\" style=\"position: absolute;left: 12px;top: 14px;width: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-image=\"contentStyle\" \/><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">&nbsp;&quot;Restore Previous Selection&quot; simply reverts back to the immediate previous selection.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\"><span>The above Filter Selection works both in plan or 3D view.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"toc_anchors\" id=\"Using_Filter_Selection_to_Show_or_Hide_members\"><span>Using Filter Selection to Show or Hide members<\/span><\/h2>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">It is useful to use the above <b>Filter Selection <\/b>dialog to show or hide certain members, in Plan or 3D view.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-925bcdbb34775933698048e53d93b50c.gif\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\" \/><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">In the above example model with both steel and concrete members, if you only want to show roof trusses &amp; purlins :&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"zde_indent\">\n<div><span>1. Go to the<\/span><b> 3<\/b><b>D view<\/b><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">2. Click &amp; drag a box around all the roof members<\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">3. Right-click &gt; <b>Filter Selection<\/b><\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">4.&nbsp; In the Filter dialog box, uncheck &quot;Select All&quot;, pick &quot;Truss&quot; &amp; &quot;Purlins&quot; &gt;<b> OK<\/b><\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">5.&nbsp; Right-click &gt; &quot;Show Selected&quot; Only<\/span><span class=\"colour\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">6.&nbsp; To show all members again &gt; Right-Click &gt; &quot;Show All&quot;&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member Selection Before you can edit objects, you need to create a selection set. 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