Selecting Items in the 3D Modeler Window   

Selecting Objects

By default, the modeler is in object selection mode. Simply click an object in the view window or an object name in the history tree and it will be selected. All other objects become relatively transparent.

When the mouse hovers over an object in the view window, that object is highlighted, which indicates that it will be selected when you click. Selected objects become the color specified under the Display tab of the Modeler Options dialog box.

Tooltips, as you hover the cursor over an entity, indicate the type/ID of entity (object name in the case of objects, Face_id in the case of faces, and so on). This feature helps you distinguish between face-of-sheet-object pick versus sheet-object pick.

If the modeler is not currently in object selection mode, you can switch to it using one of the following methods:

• Press the shortcut key O.

• Right-click in the view window, and then click Select Objects.

• Click Edit > Select>Objects.

• Select Object from the pull-down list in the 3D Modeler Selection toolbar.

Related Topics

Selecting Several Objects

Selecting Objects by Name

Selecting All Faces of an Object

Creating an Object List

Selecting the Face or Object Behind

Select Edges.

Select Vertices.

Select Multi (a mode for selecting objects, faces, edges or vertices)

Select By Area

Selecting Objects and Surfaces that Lie Inside Other Objects

Clearing a Selection