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Edit Named Selections Dialog 91
Rename—
Lets you rename the selected set or
object.
Tip: You can rename objects or sets by pressing F2
on your keyboard.
Cut —Removes the selected object or set and stores
it in a buffer for reuse with the Paste command,
similar to the Cut command in Windows.
Tip: You can cut an object or set by pressing
CTRL+X on your keyboard.
Co py—Copies the selected object or set and stores
it in a buffer for reuse with the Paste command,
similar to the Copy command in Windows.
Tip: You can copy an object or set by pressing
CTRL+C on your keyboard.
Pas te—Adds a Cut or Copied object or set into
another set.
Tip: You can p aste an object or set by pressing
CTRL+V on your keyboard.
Collapse All—Collapses all expanded selection sets.
Expand All—Expands all collapsed s election sets.
Create N ew S et—Creates a new selection set,
including any currently selected objects as
members.
Remove—Remove s the selec ted object or selec tion
set.
Add Sel ected Obj ects—Adds currently selected
objects to the selec ted named select ion set.
Su b t r a ct S e l ect ed Object s —Removes currently
selected objects from the selected named selection
set.
S el ect O bj e ct s i n S et —Selects all members of the
current named selection.
S el ect Ob j ect s by Name—Opens the Select Objects
dialog (page 1–78)
, a nd adds al l objects selected
there to the current named selection set.
Highlight S elected Objects—Highlights all of the
named selection sets that contain the current scene
selection.
Fin d Next—Toggles through select ion sets
containing the selected object, w hen used in
collaboration with the Highlight Selected Objects
command.
Tip: Yo u c a n u s e CTR L +G to toggle through the
sets.
Edi t N amed S el ection s Di al og
Make a sub-object selection. > Edit menu > Edit Named
Selections
Make a sub-object selection. > Main toolbar > Named
Selection Sets
EditNamedSelectionsdisplaystheEditNamed
Selections dialog, lett ing you manage named
selection sets of
sub-objects (page 1–74) .Unlike
the
Named Selection Sets dialog (page 1–89) ,
which applies to
objects only ,itisamodaldialog,
which means that you must close it in order to
work in other areas of 3ds Max. Also, you can work
only with existing named sub-object selections;
youcannotusethedialogtocreatenewselections.
Procedure
To edi t na me d sub -obj ect s el ect ion s :
1.
At a sub-object level, create one or more named
selection sets (page 1–85)
.
2. Click the toolbar Named Selection Sets
button or choose Edit > Edit Named Selections.
The Edit Named Selections dialog opens,
listing a ll named selection sets for the current
sub-object level.
3. Use the dia log cont rols to edit the named
selection sets.