Picking Visibility

Use the Mesh Tools tab > Selection panel > Picking Visibility options to specify the triangles that are visible.

The following example shows the effect of using these options:

1. Select the mesh.
2. Click Mesh Tools tab > Selection panel > Picking Visibility, and choose from:
   • Top — Select this button to pick the triangles (visible and invisible) in the top part of the mesh.
   • Visible — Select this button to pick the visible triangles in the top part of the mesh.
   • All — Select this button to pick all the triangles (visible and invisible) in the selected part of the mesh.
3. Box-select an area of the model:

   

4. Rotate the model to see the selected triangles:
   • Using the Mesh Tools tab > Selection panel > Picking Visibility > Top option, the resulting selection is:

     

   • Using the Mesh Tools tab > Selection panel > Picking Visibility > Visible button, the resulting selection is:

     

   • Using the Mesh Tools tab > Selection panel > Picking Visibility > All button, the resulting selection is: