The following modes let you select components in your scene:
Selection styles
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Pick/Marquee |
Lets you pick individual components or make rectangular marquee selections. Tip:
 You can quickly toggle selection styles using Tab. Holding Tab after making a marquee selection temporarily activates Tab Drag select, letting you quickly add and remove components from your existing marquee selection. See Selection styles and Add and remove components from a selection with drag select. |
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Drag |
Lets you paint a selection by dragging your mouse across a surface. |
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Tweak/Marquee |
Lets you tweak a component or make a marquee selection. When you drag a component, Maya uses Tweak mode. When you drag your cursor in the empty space around the object, Maya uses the Marquee tool. See Tweak mode. Tip: Holding ` activates tweak mode until the key is released. Pressing ` activates tweak mode until you press ` again.
Note: Tweak/Marquee mode is only available when a transform tool is selected.
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Selection options
- Camera Based Selection
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When on, you can only select components that are not obstructed by other components relative to the current camera.
- Highlight Backfaces
- When enabled, backfacing components are highlighted for preselection and are selectable. When this option is disabled, backfacing components are still selectable, but they are not highlighted for preselection.
- Preview Loop/Ring
- When enabled, displays a live preview of the components that will be included in the loop/ring selection. To preview a loop/ring, select a component and move the cursor over an adjacent component along the same path while holding shift. See Loop and ring selection. Note: Preview Loop/Ring is only available when a selection mode is active.
- Symmetry
- Turns on topological symmetry. See Enable topological symmetry in the Modeling Toolkit.