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CHAPTER 1 GETTING TO KNOW VIZ
Figure 1.21
Selected objects
appear in blue in
the Select Objects
dialog box.
2. Click the None button near the bottom left of the dialog box. This clears the selection set.
3. Click [Bruer02] and then Ctrl-click [Bruer04] in the list of object names. This list lets you select
multiple names as you would in a typical Windows list box. You can Shift-click to select a
group of adjacent names or Ctrl-click to select a group of individual names. Figure 1.22 shows
the Select Objects dialog box with the new selection.
Figure 1.22
The Select Objects
dialog box with the
new selection
4. Click the Select button. The two chairs are selected.
The preceding exercise showed you how to select objects based on their names, but it also indi-
rectly showed you the importance of the names of objects. Giving objects meaningful names helps
you locate and select them more easily, especially in a crowded model.
Each Object Has Its Own Name and Parameters
VIZ is a parametric, object-oriented program, and every object has its own name. Each object has its
own parameters that can be accessed from the Modify tab.
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