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 If the Points tool is selected, the point selection is converted to a polygon
selection.
 If the Edges tool is selected, the edge selection is converted to a polygon
selection.
If the Tolerant option is enabled, all neighboring elements are selected. Suppose you’ve selected a
point on a Cube and you want to convert this to a polygon selection. If Tolerant is enabled, all polygons
that use the point will be selected. If Tolerant is disabled, no polygons will be selected.
You can also convert the selection by Ctrl-clicking the appropriate tool. For
example, to convert a point selection to a polygon selection, Ctrl-click the
Polygons tool.
Select All, Deselect All
The Select All command does not selected hidden elements.
With these commands you can select or deselect all points, edges or polygons of the selected object.
For example, to select all points, select the Points tool then choose Select All.
Invert
This command inverts a selection. All selected elements (points, edges or polygons) are deselected
and all deselected elements are selected. Hidden elements are not inverted.
Select Connected
Before choosing Select
Connected.
After choosing Select Connected.
Polygon objects and splines often consist of several segments that are not connected by polygons
or spline curves. If you wanted to select one of these individual segments completely you might
encounter problems if this segment overlaps with other segments; it can be difcult to see which
elements belong to this segment.