View.SelectByItemList

Select entities as specified.

VB Syntax

View.SelectByItemList EntityType, ItemNumber, ItemListArray

Where:

EntityType

An integer variable that holds entity type. Values may be as follows:

1 = Node

2 = Beam

3 = Plate

4 = Solid

5 = Surface

ItemNumber

A long variable that holds total number of entities needs to be selected.

ItemListArray

Long array variable holds the entity nos, which need to be selected.

VB Example

Dim objOpenSTAAD As Object
Dim intEntityType as Integer
Dim lItemNumber as Long
Dim lItemListArray() as Array
'Get the application object
Set objOpenSTAAD = GetObject( , "StaadPro.OpenSTAAD")
'Variables
lItemNumber = 3
ReDim lItemListArray(0 to 2) As Long
lItemListArray(0) = 1
lItemListArray(1) = 2
lItemListArray(2) = 5
'Select by list
objOpenSTAAD.View.SelectByItemList (intEntityType, lItemNumber, lItemListArray)