Object/sub-object selection

To select objects

  • Click the object.
  • Drag right to left for a crossing selection.
  • Drag left to right for a window selection.
  • When multiple objects can be selected, press Enter when you are done selecting.

To select sub-object parts with a mouse

For many commands, you can select sub-parts of objects or specified object types to allow you to restrict selection in a tight area.

  • Ctrl+Shift+click, window, or crossing.

Examples include:

  • Curve and surface control points
  • Polysurface and extrusion faces and edge curves
  • Surface edge curves
  • Mesh vertices, faces, boundaries, and edges
  • SubD surface points, faces, boundaries and edges.
  • Objects within a group
  • Polycurve and polyline segments
  • Surface, polysurfaces, and extrusion object vertices. These are the equivalent of the points enabled by SolidPtOn.
  • Whole objects in block instances.

Mesh/SubD edge loop selection (Pre-selection)

To select an entire edge loop

  • Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+double-click an edge.

To select a range of edge loop

  1. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+click two edges in the loop.

  2. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+double-click an edge in between.

To deselect an edge loop

  • Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+double-click an edge in a selected loop.

Mesh/SubD edge ring selection (Pre-selection)

To select an entire edge ring

  1. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+click an edge.

  2. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+Alt+double-click the next edge in the ring.

To select a range of face loop

  1. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+click two faces in the loop.

  2. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+Alt+double-click a face in between and next to one of the selected faces.

To deselect an edge ring

  • Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+Alt+double-click an edge in a selected ring.

Mesh/SubD face loop selection (Pre-selection)

To select an entire face loop

  1. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+click a face.

  2. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+double-click the next face that decides the loop direction.

To select a range of face loop

  1. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+click two faces in the loop.

  2. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+double-click a face in between and next to one of the selected faces.

To deselect a face loop

  • Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+double-click a face in a selected loop.

Mesh/SubD vertex chain selection (Pre-selection)

To select an entire vertex chain

  1. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+click a vertex.

  2. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+double-click the next vertex that decides the chain direction.

To select a range of vertex chain

  1. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+click two vertices in the chain.

  2. Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+double-click a vertex in between and next to one of the selected vertices.

Surface tangent edge chain selection (Pre-selection)

To select a tangent edge chain

  • Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+double-click a surface edge in the chain.

To deselect a tangent edge chain

  • Ctrl(CMD)+Shift+double-click an edge of a selected chain.

Select connected control points in a direction

These selection actions work with curve, surface, and SubD control points.

To select all control points in a direction

  • Double-click a control polygon segment.

To select a range of control points in a direction

  1. Click a control point.

  2. Shift+click another point in the U or V direction of the first point.

  3. Shift+double-click a control polygon segment between, but not next to, the two points.

See also

SelEdgeLoop

Selects a loop of mesh/SubD edges by picking an edge in the loop.

SelEdgeRing

Selects a ring of mesh/SubD edges by picking an edge in the ring.

SelFaceLoop

Selects a loop of mesh/SubD faces by picking an edge between any two faces in the loop.

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