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Introducing Object Selection 63
Edit menu selection commands include:
Select All (page 1–87)
Select None (page 1–88)
Select Invert (page 1–88)
Select By Color (page 1–88)
Select By Name (Edit Menu) (page 1–88) (also a
toolbar button)
Select by Rectangular Region (page 1–89)
Select by Circular Region (page 1–89)
Select by Fence Region (page 1–90)
Select by Lasso Region (page 1–90)
Region Window (page 1–92) (also a toolbar button)
Region Crossing (page 1–93) (also a toolbar button)
Edit Named Selections (page 1–84)
Tools Menu Commands
The Tools menu contains two options for modeless
(page 3–973) selection dialogs or "floaters."
Youcanplacethemanywhereonthescreen,or
minimize them by right-clicking the title bar and
choosing Minimize.
Selection Floater
• SamefeaturesasSelectByName.SeeSelection
Floater (page 1–79).
Display Floater
• Provides options for hiding and freezing
selections as well as some display options. S ee
Display Floater (page 3–775).
Selection Floater
The Tools menu cont ains an option for a modeless
(page 3–973) selection dialog called the Selection
Floater. You can place it anywhere on the screen.
TheSelectionFloaterhasthesamefeaturesas
Select By Name. See Selection Floater (page 1–79).
Tr ack /S chematic View S election
Track View (page 2–501) is primar ily designed
as an animation tool, but you can also use its
Hierarchy List window as an alternative method
of selecting objects by name and hierarchy. This
works in b oth the Curve Editor and Dope Sheet
modes of Track View.
Schematic View (page 3–638) is specifically
designed to let you navi gate your scene efficiently,
presenting a hierarchical v iew and letting you
select objects and their prop e rties by name.
Display Panel S elect ion
The Display panel provides options for hiding and
freezing objects. These techniques exclude objects
from other selection methods, and are useful in
simplifying complex scenes. Frozen objects are
still visible, but h idden objects are not.