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Work with Selection Sets

Save a Selection Set

  1. Select all the items that you want to save in the Scene View or on the Selection Tree.

  2. Click Home tab > Select & Search panel > Save Selection .

    Note: You can also save a selection set by clicking Save Selection in the Sets window.
  3. Type a name for your selection set in the Sets window, and press ENTER.

Drag and Drop Items to Create a Selection Set

  1. Select all the items that you want to save in the Scene View and / or in the Selection Tree.
  2. Open the Sets window.
  3. Drag and drop the selected items into the Sets window. A new selection set will be created with the name Selection Set (X).

Update a Selection Set

  1. Select the desired geometry in the Scene View or on the Selection Tree.
  2. Open the Sets window.
  3. Right-click the selection set you want to modify, and click Update.

Rename a Selection Set

  1. Open the Sets window.
  2. Right-click the desired selection set, and click Rename.
  3. Type a new name for your set, and press ENTER.

Command entry: F2

Delete Selection Set

  1. Open the Sets window.
  2. Click the search or selection set you want to remove and click Delete .

Organize Selection Sets into Folders

  1. Open the Sets window.

  2. Click New Folder . The folder is added to the list.

    If the item selected is a folder, then the new folder is created inside it, otherwise it is added above the selected item. You can have as many folders as you like.

  3. Type a name for your folder, and press ENTER.

    Tip: Use names that can help you to identify your sets in future.
  4. Click the set that you want to add to your new folder. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to the folder name. Release the mouse button to drop the set into the folder.

    Tip: You can also drag the folders themselves, together with their contents.

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