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CHAPTER 1 GETTING TO KNOW VIZ
Figure 1.17
Placing a selection
window
You can use the Ctrl key in conjunction with any selection method to continue to add more
objects to your selection set. You can also remove objects from your selection set by using the
Ctrl key. Let’s see how adding and subtracting from selections works:
1. Switch back to the Crossing Selection method, then Ctrl-click and hold a point above and to
the left of the chair near the top of the viewport, as shown in Figure 1.18.
Figure 1.18
Adding objects to your
selection set using the
Ctrl key and a window
2. Drag the window down and to the right so that it encloses a portion of the two chairs in the
back. Then release the mouse button. Now all four chairs are selected.
3. Hold down the Ctrl key and then click the chair in the upper right of the screen, as shown
in Figure 1.19. Now all chairs except the upper right one are selected.
Figure 1.19
Removing an object
using the Ctrl key
Click and drag from here
to here
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