Selecting Objects in the Viewport

The following table provides instructions for selecting and deselecting objects:

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

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.

Select Specific Elements of an Object

Shift+-click the object, then select the option you want:

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

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

• Group - Selects the next parent of an object.

• Sceneplate - Selects frontplates and backplates.

• By Material - Selects all objects with the same material.

• Adjacency - Opens the Adjacency Settings for choosing the method used for selecting normals and setting a specified angle.

  Adjacency Settings

  

  This function is the same as the Geometry Editor's Adjacency Selection.

  • Picked Normal - Selects all components/geometries that are neighboring to the selected geometry and are within the specified angle to the picked normal.

  • Neighbor Normal - Selects all components/geometries that are neighboring the selected geometry and are within the specified angle to its neighbor.

  • Angle - Sets the angle used by Picked Normal or Neighbor Normal.

• Reference - Selects references.

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.
   • Select an option from the list to choose components, objects, groups, sceneplates, by the material, adjacency of the normals, or references.