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Named Selection Sets 83
Na med S el ecti ons
Na med S electi on S ets
Main toolbar > Named Selection Sets
The Named Selection Sets list allows you to name a
selection set and recall t he selection for later use. It
supports selection sets both at the object level and
at sub-object levels. You edit named object-level
select ion sets with the Named Selections Sets dialog
(page 1–84)and sub-object level sets w ith the Edit
Named Selections dialog (page 1–86).
A named selection set is removed from the list i f
all of its objects have been deleted from the scene,
or if al l of its objects have been removed from the
named set in the Named Select ions Sets dialog.
Selection set names are case sensitive at both the
object level and at sub-object levels.
You can transfer sub-object named selections from
onelevelinthestacktoanother. TheCopyand
Paste buttons let you copy named selections from
one modifier to another.
While at a specific sub-object level, such as Vertex,
you can ma ke selections and name those selections
in the Named Selection Sets field of the toolbar.
The named sets are specific to both the selection
level and the level on the stack.
Keep in mind the following restrictions:
• You can transfer named selections only between
thesametypeofsub-objectlevel. Inother
words, you can transfer named selections
from vertex sub-object to another vertex
sub-object, but you can’t transfer it to face or
edge sub-object level.
• You must transfer the selection between
modifiersthathandlelikegeometry.Youcan
copy and paste between an editable mesh and
ameshselectmodifier,butyoucan’tcopyand
paste b etween a mesh select modifier and an
editable spline.
• You can copy and paste between two modifiers
in two different objects, as long as you’re at the
same level and both modifiers hand le the same
type of geometry.
• If you change the topology of a mesh after
creat ing a named selection (such as deleting
some vertices), the named selec tions will
probably no longer select the same geometry.
Procedures
To crea te a na med sel ection set :
1.
Selecttheobjectsyouwanttobeinaset.
2. Type the name of the set in the Named Selec tion
Set field and press
Enter .
3. Whenever you want to access the selection,
choose its name from the Named Selection Sets
list.
To select a named selection set, do one of the
following:
• To select a single item, click it in the list.
• To select more than one item in the list, select
one, and then select others while holding down
the
Ct rl key .
• To deselect single items after you’ve selected
multiple items, hold down the
Alt key.