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NavisWorks provides several methods to interactively select items into the current selection. You can use
the tabs in the selection tree, select items in the main navigation window with select and select box
modes and you can select other items with similar properties to an existing selection using the selection
commands.
Note:
Right-clicking on any item in the tree view or main view temporarily selects the item and displays
a context menu. You can click on the topmost menu item to permanently select the item. Presing
Esc deselects everything.
Select Mode
As standard, this mode is mutually exclusive to the navigation modes so that when you are selecting, you
cannot navigate and vice versa.
Note:
When using a SpaceBall in conjunction with the standard mouse control, the SpaceBall can be
configured for navigation and the mouse for selecting. See “ Using a SpaceBall ” for more
information.
Select mode allows you to click on an item in the main navigation window to select it. Once a single item
is selected, its properties will be shown in the Properties control bar.
You can select multiple items in the main navigation window using the familiar Windows™ methods of
holding down the Control key while selecting items. This will add them to the current selection.
Alternatively, if the items are already in the current selection, holding down Control while selecting them
again will remove them from the current selection.
Holding the Shift key whilst selecting items in the main navigation window will cycle through the selection
resolution, allowing you to get more specific with your selections. See Selection Resolution for more
information on this.
To select an item:
• On the Edit menu, click Select > Select
or
• Click Select on the Selection Tools toolbar.
Select Box Mode
This mode, which can be used in conjunction with the normal select mode allows you to drag a box in the
main navigation window to select multiple items at once. This mode is also mutually exclusive to the
navigation modes so that when you are selecting, you cannot navigate and vice versa.
Dragging the box will select all items within the box. Holding down the Shift key while dragging the box
will select all items within and that intersect the box.
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