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Using Select B y Name 67
Usi ng S el ect B y Na me
You can select objects by their assigned names,
avoiding mouse clicks completely, from the Select
Objects dialog.
Procedure
To sel ect o bject s by n a me :
1.
Do one of the following:
On the main toolbar, click Select By
Name.
•ChooseEditmenu>SelectBy>Name.
•ChooseToolsmenu>SelectionFloater.
The Select Objects or Selection Floater
dialog is displayed. By default, these dialogs
list all objects in the scene. Any selected
objects are high lighted in the list.
2. Choose one or more objects in the list. Use
CTRL to add to the selection.
3. Click Select to make the selection.
Select Object closes, while Selection Floater
remains active.
For more information, see
Select Objects dialog
(page 1–78)
.
Using Named Selection S ets
You can assi gn a name to the current selection, and
then later reselect those objects by choosing their
selection name from a list.
Named Selection Sets
You can also edit the contents of named sets
from the
Named Selection Sets dia log (page 1–89)
.
Editing Na med S elections
As you mo d el and create a scene, you’re likely
to rearrange the objects making up your named
selection sets. If you do, you’ll need to edit the
contents of those sets.
Procedures
To assign a name to a selection set:
1.
Select one or more objects or sub-objects using
any combination of selection methods.
2. Click in the Named Selection field on the main
toolbar.
3. Enteranameforyourset. Thenamecancontain
any standard ASCII characters, including
letters, numerals, symbols, punct uation, and
spaces.
Note: Names are case-sensitive.
4. Press ENTER to complete the selection set.
You can now select another combination of objects
or sub-objects and repeat the process to create
another named selection set.
To retr ieve a named selection set:
1.
In the Named Selection field, click the arrow.
Note: If you’re working with a sub-object
selection set, you must b e at the same level
at which you created the selection set (for
example, editable mesh > vertex) for it to
appear on the list.
2. On the list, click a name.