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This command shrinks the selection by deselecting all points, edges or polygons (depending on which
mode you are in) at the edge of the selection. If the polygon is closed (for example, a sphere) and you
select all polygons, you cannot shrink the selection since it has no edge.
Hide Selected
Hides the currently selected elements (points, edges or polygons). If you hide selected polygons, their
points are hidden also. However, in point mode, only the selected points are hidden, not the edges
or polygons attached to them. Hiding elements is especially useful when modeling complex objects.
Sometimes you may nd you can work faster if you hide all the elements apart from the ones you’re
currently working on.
Hide Unselected
This command hides all unselected elements of the same type as the selection tool. If you hide
unselected polygons, their points are hidden also. However, in point mode, only the deselected points
are hidden, not the polygons attached to them.
Unhide All
This command makes all hidden elements visible again. If a point, line, or polygon selection tool is
active, then this command unhides only that type, otherwise this command will unhide all types.
Invert Visibility
The visibility of all elements is inverted. Visible elements are hidden and hidden elements are made
visible. This option is available only if a point, edge or polygon selection tool is active. This command
inverts only the selected type.
Set Selection
You can change the name of a set or ‘frozen’ selection in the Attribute manager
on the Basic Properties page; see ‘Attribute manager settings’, below.
Here you can set or ‘freeze’ selections for the long term and store them in one of three tags. You can
set either point, edge or polygon selections. You can then manipulate frozen selections at any time
using these tags in the Object manager.