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Multiple selection
You can select multiple objects. In the Object manager, Shift-click each object that you want to select.
To remove an object from the selection, Ctrl-click the object.
You can also select the points, edges or polygons of multiple selected objects.
Multiple selection is especially useful when used with the Attribute manager. For example, suppose
you want to set several objects all to the same height. Select the objects and in the Attribute manager
change the Y value for position to the desired height. All the selected objects will then move to this
new value.
Using the Attribute manager together with multiple selection, you are able to set the selected objects
all to the same values. For example, you can:
 Hide all selected objects.
 Set all selected objects to the same position.
 Move all selected objects by the same distance.
 Rotate all selected objects about their individual axis systems.
 Rotate all selected objects about a shared axis.
Working with Layouts
CINEMA 4D windows, commands and palettes can be arranged in countless ways, as explained in
the previous chapter. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to work with layouts and how to congure the
Browser. We’ll begin with layouts.
Changing the layout enables you to congure the layout to the way you like to work. For example,
you can choose where toolbars should be placed and whether the Picture viewer should be open
and tabbed. In addition, you’ll nd that you can work more efciently by using a different layout for
particular tasks such as modeling, texturing and animating.
To load and save layouts, use the commands on the Window > Layout submenu.
Window > Layout Submenu
Load Layout
Loads a previously saved layout. Use the system dialog that opens to choose the layout le (layout
les have a ‘.l4d’ extension).