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• Yo u r s e l e c t i o n i s l o c ke d . C l i c k t h e L o c k
Selec tion Set button in the prompt line to turn
it off.
•You’vesettheSelection Filter (page 1–68) on the
main toolbar to a specific category of object, so
you c an’t select any of the other c ategories. To
fix t his, select All in the Selection Filter list.
Selection Commands
Selection commands appear on the quad menu,
on the main toolbar, on the Edit menu, and on the
status bar.
The simplest method of selection is to turn on
Select Object mode (page 1–77),andthenclick
an object in a viewport (or drag to surround the
object). While the method is simple, it is not
effectiveforselectingmultipleobjects,especially
in a crowded scene. Other tools let you select
objectsbyname,filteroutthekindsofobjectsyou
want to select, and to create named selection sets
you can select repeatedly.
See also
Basics of Selecting Objects (page 1–64)
IsolateSelection(page1–73)
Selection Floater (page 1–79)
Selection Commands on the M ain
Toolbar
The following selection commands appear by
default on the Main toolbar.
Select Ob ject (page 1–77)
Select By Name (page 1–77)
Rectangular Selection Region (page 1–89)
Circular Selection Region (page 1–89)
F ence Selection Region (page 1–90)
Lasso Selection Region (page 1–90)
Pain t Selection Region (page 1–91)
Selection Filter List (page 1–81)
Window/Crossing Selection Toggle (page 1–93)
Named Selection Sets (page 1–83)
TheWindow/Crossingtoggledetermineshowthe
region selection options (on the toolbars) behave.
Selection Commands on the Edit M enu
The following selection commands appear by
default on the Ed it menu. They complement the
toolbar selection commands.
Select All (page 1–87)
Select None (page 1–88)
Select Inver t (page 1–88)
Select By (page 1–88)
Select By Color (page 1–88)
Select By Name (Edit Menu) (page 1–88)
Region (page 1–92)
Region Window (page 1–92)
Region Crossing (page 1–93)
Edit Named Selections (page 1–84)
Selection Command on the Sta tus B a r
The Selection Lock Toggle (page 3–707) is located
on the status bar. Locking a selection is useful
when you are doing a lot of editing on a selection,
and don’t want to select something else by mistake.