Select/Move Tools tray

The following tools appear on the Select/Move Tools tray:

Note:

Quickly select items in Mudbox trays using the number keys on your keyboard. Pressing keys 1 through 9 selects the corresponding tool in the active tray. Middle-drag your frequently used tools to the first nine positions on a tray.

Tool name Icon Purpose

Faces

Selects individual faces as you stroke over the model, or poly islands if you double-click.

Edit the Size property to increase or decrease the area of selection for the stroke. Clicking off the model cancels the current selection.

See Select faces, Select poly islands.

Objects

Selects the object as you stroke over the model. Edit the Size property to increase or decrease the area of selection on the stroke. Clicking off the model in the cancels the selection.

Borders

Selects borders on a mesh as you stroke over any part of the boundary edge (including all faces that lie on a contiguous boundary, such as the edge of a hole).

Ctrl + drag to deselect the border.

UV Shells

Selects all faces that are a part of the same UV shell.

(To see the UV shell layout for a mesh, switch to the UV View tab.)

Note: Select UV Shells only works in the 3D view and not in the UV View.

Translate

Lets you move items by dragging the transform grip. Drag any arrow that appears at the center of the object to move along that axis. Drag the center handle to move freely across the 3D View.

Rotate

Lets you rotate items by dragging the rotate grip. Drag the circular rings on the grip that appears at the center of the object to rotate about the different axes.

Scale

Lets you scale items proportionally or non-proportionally by dragging the scale grip. Drag any grip box that appears at the center of the object to scale non-proportionally along that axis. Drag the center grip box to scale uniformly in all directions.

Caliper

Lets you measure the distance between two points on a model or curve. See Measure the distance between points.

Additional notes on transformations

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Select and move items