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Select Object 77
Se l e ct Ob je ct
Main toolbar > Select Object
Right-click to ope n quad men u. > Transform quadrant
> Select
Select Object lets you select an objects and
sub-objects for manipulation.
Object select ion i s affected by se veral other
controls:
• The active Selection Region type: Rectangular
(page 1–89), Circular (page 1–89), Fence (page
1–90), Lasso (page 1–90),orPaint (page 1–91).
•Theactiveselectionfilter(All,Geometry,
Shapes, Lights, and so forth).
• The state of the crossing selection tool (which
determines whether completely surrounded
objects or surrounded and crossing objects are
selected).
You can also select objects by name using the Select
By Name list; press the
H key to access the list.
A number of objects selected together are called a
selection set (page 1–67).Youcannameselection
sets in the Named Selection Sets field on the main
toolbar and then recall them for later use.
Note: The Smart Select command activates
the Select Object function and, with repeated
invocations, cycles through the available Selection
Regionmethods. Bydefault,SmartSelectis
assigned to the
Q key; you can use Customize
User Interface (page 3–792) to assign it to a
different keyboard shortcut, a menu, etc.
Pr ocedur es
To ad d or remove indiv idua l objects f rom a selection
set:
•HolddowntheCt rl key and select the objects
to add or remove.
•Holddownthe
Alt key and select objects to
remove from the current selection set.
Note: Adding and removing objec ts doesn’t
change a named selection set.
To toggl e t he selected/deselected st ate of mul tipl e
obj e ct s in t he se l ect i o n set :
•HolddowntheShif t key and drag to
region-select the objects to toggle.
To se le ct o bj e ct s and move, rotate, or scale them:
• Use the Select And Move
,Select
And Rotate, or Select And Scale tools, available
from the Main toolbar and the quad menu >
Transform quadrant.
When you rotate a sele
ction set, the pivot of
rotation depends on which option is selected
on the Use Center flyout (page 1–445) on the
toolbar .
These tools are res
tricted to a specific axis
or plane, which you choose from the axis
constraints toolbar. Right-click any blank area
of the toolbar and
activate t he Axis Constraints
toolbar to access these tools.
Select By Name
main toolbar > Select B y Name
Keyboard > H
Edit menu > Select
By > Name
Select By Name lets you select objects by choosing
them from a list of all objects currently in the scene
presented via the
Select Objects dialog.
Note: The S elect O
bjects dialog name and
functionality are context dependent. When a
transform such as Select And Move is active, the
dialog lets you c
hoose from all objects in the scene.