Learn how to set what is selectable/deselectable in the viewport and the hotkey conmbinations and actions used for quick selection/deselection.

Setting a Selection Target

For a quick way to select only objects, references, groups, or other entities, use the Edit Selection menu. The option selected sets the selection target. To change this, make another selection.

Access the Edit Selection menu using either Edit > Selection or Shift + -click in the viewport, then select the option you want:

• Component - Makes individual surface patches inside a shell, geometries (meshes, lines, points), and light sources selectable.

• Object - Makes shells, surfaces that are not in a shell, geometries (meshes, lines, points), and light sources selectable.

• Group - Makes the next parent of the selection target selectable.

• Sceneplate - Makes frontplates and backplates selectable.

• By Material - Makes all objects with the same material selectable.

• Adjacency - Makes adjacent components selectable.

• Reference - Makes all references selectable.

• Adjacent Settings - Opens the Adjacent Settings dialog.

  • If Adjacency Settings are set to Picked Normal, all components/geometries that are neighboring to the selected geometry and are within the specified angle to the picked normal are selected.
  • If the Adjacency Settings are set to Neighbor Normal, all components/geometries that are neighboring the selected geometry and are within the specified angle to its neighbor are selected. This function is the same as the Geometry Editor's Adjacency Selection.

These options are only available through Shift + -clicking in the viewport:

• Select Parent - Selects a parent node of the currently selected object from this sub menu.

• Select Object Behind - Selects the selection target behind the currently selected object from this sub menu.

• Selectable - Toggles the Selectable state of the currently selected entity or its parent.

How to Change Selection Behavior

1. In the Menu Bar, click Edit > Selection.

2. Choose a selection behavior:

   • Make Normals Consistent - When flipping normals using Alt-click, the vertex and face normals of each selected object will be made consistent, that is, pointed in the same direction.
   • Use Depth Selection - Enables you to select all objects within the selection frame, whether they are behind another object or not.

Hotkey Combinations

Once your selection target is set, use the following hotkey shortcut combinations:

To:	Do this:
Select the selection target	Shift + -click the object
Deselect the selection target	Shift + -click the object
Deselect all	Shift + -click in empty space
Select any selection targets fully enclosed in the selection frame	Shift + -drag from top left to bottom right
Select any selection targets fully or partially enclosed in the selection frame	Shift + -drag from bottom right to top left
Deselect any selection targets within the selection frame	Shift + -drag
Add the selection target to a selection	Ctrl + Shift + -click the object
Remove the selection target from a selection	Ctrl + Shift + -click the object or on an empty space to clear the selection