#### Box-Select Shortcut Menu

This shortcut menu only works in Text Box Mode. To access this menu:

1. Select the Text Box Mode icon (see "Text Box Mode" in the "Editing the CAD Display" section).

2. Box-select one or more features. PC-DMIS selects all graphical features or feature ID labels inside the box.

A shortcut with these options appears:

Option | Description
Create Feature Control Frame... | This option creates a True Position Feature Control Frame (FCF) dimension from the selected feature. The GD&T dialog box appears. For information on how to create FCF dimensions, see "Using Feature Control Frames".
Create Dim Info Boxes… | This menu option creates Dimension Info text boxes from the selected features. An Edit Dimension Info dialog box appears for one of the highlighted features, showing the available dimensions from which you can create the first Dimension Info box.

Once you’ve selected the desired options in the Edit Dimension Info dialog box, click either the OK or Create button (Apply button when editing) to create the Dim Info boxes.

The first Dim Info box will be created from the selected dimension(s) in the Edit Dimension Info dialog box.

Subsequent info boxes will be created from all dimensions associated with each feature.

If no dimensions are associated with any of the features, a default Location dimension will automatically be created for that feature (see "Dimensioning Location" in the "Dimensioning Features" section). For information on how to use the Edit Dimension Info dialog box, see "Inserting Dimension Info Boxes" in the "Inserting Report Commands" section.

Create Point Info Boxes… | Select this menu option to create Point Info text boxes from the highlighted features. An Edit Point Info dialog box appears for one of the highlighted features, showing the feature (and any available dimensions ) from which you can create the Point Info text box.

Once you’ve selected the desired options in the Edit Point Info dialog, select the OK or Create button (Apply button when editing) to create the info boxes.

The first info box will be created from the selected feature or dimension(s) in the Edit Point Info dialog box. Subsequent Point Info boxes will be created from all dimensions associated with each feature and the feature itself. A Point Info box will be created for all dimension and feature hits. For information on how to use the Edit Point Info dialog box to create a Point Info text box, see "Inserting Point Info Boxes" in the "Inserting Report Commands" section.

Show IDs, Hide Ids | Select one of these menu options to show or hide all the selected features' ID labels. If you choose to hide the ID labels the ID labels still exist and are merely hidden from view.
Show IDs in All Views | This option shows all the selected ID labels in all of the available Graphics Display window view panes.
Hide IDs in View | This option hides all the selected ID labels in the current Graphics Display window view pane.
Hide Features | This option hides all selected features on a part, removing them from the Graphics Display window. The features still exist and are merely hidden from view.
Reset Ids | This option moves all selected ID labels back to their original locations next to their respective features.