Select objects

Select objects for further processing by commands.

Select all objects

Select

Select objects.

SelAll

Select all objects.

SelNone

Deselect all objects.

SelSmall

Select all objects smaller than a specified size.

Invert

Deselect all selected objects and select all previously unselected objects.

SelBadObjects

Select all objects that do not pass Check.

Select with enclosure

SelCrossing

Select with a crossing window.

SelWindow

Select with an enclosing window.

SelFence

Select a using a crossing sketched polyline.

Lasso

Select objects by drawing a freehand shape.

SelBoundary

Select objects within an existing closed curve.

SelCircular

Draw a circle to select objects.

SelVolumePipe

Select objects inside, outside, or crossing a pipe-shaped volume.

SelVolumeSphere

Select objects inside, outside, or crossing a spherical volume.

Brush select

SelBrush

Drag the mouse like a brush stroke to select objects.

SelBrushPoints

Drag mouse like a brush stroke to select points and control points.

Select annotation objects

SelDim

Select all dimensions.

SelAnnotationStyle

Select annotation objects of a specified style.

SelDot

Select all annotation dots.

SelLeader

Select all leaders.

SelText

Select all text.

Select curves and points

SelCrv

Select all curves.

SelClosedCrv

Select all closed curves.

SelOpenCrv

Select all open curves.

SelShortCrv

Select all curves shorter than a specified length.

SelPolyline

Select all polylines.

SelPt

Select all point objects, control points, edit points, and solid points.

SelPtCloud

Select all point cloud objects.

SelChain

Select curve or surface edges that touch end-to-end.

Select control points

SelU

Select all connected control points in the u direction.

NextU

Select the control point in the positive u direction.

PrevU

Select the control point in the negative u direction.

AddNextU

Add the next control point in the u direction to the selection.

AddPrevU

Add the previous control point in the u direction to the selection.

SelV

Select all connected control points in v direction.

NextV

Select the control point in the positive v direction.

PrevV

Select the control point in the negative v direction.

AddNextV

Add the next control point in the v direction to the selection.

AddPrevV

Add the previous control point in the v direction to the selection.

SelUV

Select connected control points in the u and v directions.

SelConnected

Select adjacent control points.

Select meshes

SelMesh

Select all mesh objects.

SelClosedMesh

Select all closed mesh objects.

SelNakedMeshEdgePt

Select unwelded vertices on mesh edges.

SelOpenMesh

Select all open mesh objects.

SelMeshEdges

Select edges from the parent mesh determined by an angle between mesh face normals.

SelMeshPart

Select all mesh faces radiating out from the selected face to naked or unwelded edges in the parent mesh object.

SelNakedMeshEdgePt

Select unwelded vertices on mesh edges.

Select surfaces

SelClosedSrf

Select all closed surfaces.

SelOpenSrf

Select all open surfaces.

SelSrf

Select all surfaces.

SelTrimmedSrf

Select all trimmed surfaces.

SelUntrimmedSrf

Select all untrimmed surfaces.

Select polysurfaces

SelPolysrf

Select all polysurfaces.

SelClosedPolysrf

Select all closed polysurfaces.

SelOpenPolysrf

Select all open polysurfaces.

SelNonManifold

Select non-manifold objects.

Select miscellaneous object types

SelClippingPlane

Select all clipping planes.

SelHatch

Select hatch objects.

SelLight

Select all lights.

SelMappingWidget

Select all texture mapping widgets.

Select by object property

SelColor

Selects all objects of a specified display color or material diffuse color depending on the display mode of the active viewport.

SelGroup

Select a group by name.

SelID

Select objects by object ID number.

SelLayer

Select all objects on a layer.

SelLayerNumber

Select objects by layer number.

SelMaterialName

Selects objects/sub-objects with the same render material name.

SelName

Select objects by name.

SelRenderColor

Select objects by their render color.

Select cage objects

SelControls

Select all cage controls.

SelCaptives

Select captive objects of a specified cage controls.

Select objects with history

SelObjectsWithHistory

Select objects that have history.

SelChildren

Select children of specified parents.

SelParents

Select parents of specified children.

Select duplicates

SelDup

Select geometrically identical objects.

SelDupAll

Select all visible geometrically identical objects.

Select by action order

SelLast

Select the last changed objects.

SelPrev

Re-select the previous selection set.

See also

SelVisible

Select all surfaces or meshes that are in front of other objects with a crossing selection.

Selection Menu