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76 Chapter 3: Selecting Objects
• Yo u r s e l e c t i o n i s l o c k e d . C l i c k t h e L o c k
Selec tion Set button in the prompt line to turn
it off.
•You’vesetthe
Selection Filter (page 1–68) on
the main toolbar to a specific category of object,
so you can’t select any of the other categories.
To fix this, select All in t he Selec tion Filter list.
Selection Commands
Selection commands appear on the quad menu,
on the main toolbar, on the Edit menu, and on the
status bar.
The simplest method of selection is to turn on
Select Object mode (p age 1–77) ,andthenclick
an object in a viewport (or drag to surround the
object). While the method is simple, it is not
effectiveforselectingmultipleobjects,especially
in a crowded scene. Other tools let you select
objectsbyname,filteroutthekindsofobjectsyou
want to select, and to create named selection sets
you can select repeatedly.
See also
Basics of S electing Objects (page 1–64)
Isolate Selection (page 1–73)
Selection Commands on the M ain
Toolbar
The following selection commands appear by
default on the Main toolbar.
Select Object (page 1–77)
Selection Floater (page 1–79)
Rectangular Selection Region (page 1–80)
Circular Selection Region (page 1–81)
Fence Selection Region (page 1–81)
Lasso Selection Region (page 1–82)
Paint Selection Region (page 1–82)
Selection Filter List (page 1–83)
Window/Crossing S election Toggle (page 1–88)
Named Selection Sets (page 1–85)
TheWindow\Crossingtoggledetermineshowthe
region selection options (on the toolbars) behave.
Selection Commands on the Edit Menu
The following selection commands appear by
default on the Edit menu. They complement the
toolbar selection commands.
Select A ll (p age 1–86)
Select None (page 1–86)
Select Invert (page 1–86)
Select By (page 1–86)
Select By Color (page 1–86)
Select By Name (Edit Menu) (page 1–87)
Region (page 1–87)
Region Window (page 1–87)
Region Crossing (page 1–88)
Edit Named Selections (page 1–89)
Selection Command on the Sta tus B ar
The Selection Lock Toggle (page 3–754) is located
on the status bar. Locking a selection is useful
when you are doing a lot of editing on a selection,
and don’t want to select something else by m istake.