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84 Chapter 3: Selecting Objects
Na med S election S ets Dia log
Edit menu > Edit Named Selections
Main toolbar > Named Selection Sets
The Named Selection Sets dialog, available f rom
the Edit menu, is a modeless dialog (page 3–973)
that lets you create named selection sets or selec t
objects to add to (or remove from) a selection set,
directly from the viewport. The dialog also lets
you organize your current named selection sets,
browse their members, delete or create new sets, or
identify which named selection sets a particular
object belongs to.
Note: This dialog applies to objects only. For editing
sub-object named select ion sets, see Edit Named
Selections D ialog (page 1–86).
See also
Named Selection Sets (page 1–83)
Using Named Selection Sets (page 1–67)
Edit Named Selections Dialog (page 1–86)
Pr ocedur es
To create a na med sel ection:
1.
In the viewport, select the objects you want to
gather as a selection set.
2. Click the toolbar Named Selection Sets
button or choose Edit > Edit Named Selections.
3. On the Named Selection Sets dialog, click
Create New Set.
4. Enteranameforthenewselectionset.
To add objects to a named s election set:
1.
Click the toolbar Named S
election S ets
button or choose Edit > Edit Named Selections.
2. Choose the named selection set in the dialog.
3. Selectoneormoreobjectsintheviewport.
4. In the dia log, click Add Selected Objects.
To r emove obj ects f r om a na med selection set:
1.
Click the toolbar Named Selection Sets
button or choose Edit > Edit Named Selections.
2. Choose the named selection set in the dialog.
3. In the v iew por t, select the objects you want to
remove.
4. In the dialog, click Subtract Selected
Objects.
Note: You can also remove objects by
selecting them in the Named S election Sets dialog ,
then clicki ng Remove or pressing
Delete .
To move an object fr om one s et to an other:
1.
Click the toolbar Named Selection Sets
button or choose E
dit > Edit Named Selections.
2. In the Named Selec
tion Sets dialog , expand the
selection sets.
3. Drag an object from one set to another .
The object is moved into the second set. If you
use
Ct rl +drag, the object will be copied into
the second set.
Tip: You can als o
copy the contents of an entire
set into another, by dragging them into the
desired selection set.