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Introduction to Sub-O bject Selection 75
as vertex, edge, face sub-objects, and so on. You
can’t deselect the current object, nor can you select
other objects. To leave sub-object editing and
return to object-level editing , click the top-level
name of the object in the modifier stack, or click
the hig h lighted sub-object level.
Click the top-level object name to exit sub-object editing.
Pr ocedur es
To make a sub-obj ect sel ection:
These methods assume the object has sub-object
levels. If the object has no sub-object levels (for
example, a primitive such as a sphere), the + icon
isnotpresent. Inthatcase,youneedtocollapse
the object or apply an Edit modifier before you can
edit its sub-object geometry.
1. Select the object you want to edit.
2. Apply an Edit Mesh modifier (optional ,
depending on the object you select).
3. Open the Modify p anel.
4. On the m odifier stack display, click the +
icon to expand the object’s hierarchy.
5. On the stack display, click to choose a level of
selection, such as vertex, edge, face, and so on.
Tip: For some kinds of objects, such as editable
meshes, shaded viewports don’t display
sub-object selections. If this is the case,
right-click the viewport label and choose
Wireframe or Edged Faces view .
Tip: For a detailed selection, you might want to
zoom in on the object.
6. Click one of the toolbar selection buttons, and
then use the same selection m ethods you’d use
on objects to select the sub-object components.
Or from the quad menu > Transform quadrant,
choose one of the selection metho ds and select
the sub-object components.
There are two a lternative ways to go to a sub-object
level:
•
Select the object and go to the Modify
panel. Then right-click the object, and use the
quad menu > Tools 1 (upper-left) quadrant >
Sub-objects submenu.
•
Choose the selection level using buttons
in the Modify panel’s Selection rollout, if one is
present for the type of object you’re editing.
Tip: Once you’re at a sub-object level, the INSERT
keycyclesthroughthelevelsofotherkindsof
sub-objects.
To exit sub-object selection mode, do one of the
following:
•Inthestackdisplay,clickthehighlighted
sub-object name or the top-level name of the
object.
• If the objec t has a Selection rollout, click to turn
off the button of the active sub-object level.
• Right-click the object, and then in the Tools
1(upper-left)quadrantofthequadmenu,
choose Top-level.
• Open another com mand panel. This turns off
sub-object editing.
If you think you’ve turned off sub-object editing
but top-level object selection is still not restored, it
might b e due to the following reasons: