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Right now, you have only a few objects in your model, but as your model develops, you’ll find
that selecting objects in a crowded model becomes more of a challenge. Knowing about the dif-
ferent selection modes you’ve just used will go a long way toward making your work easier.
One more selection method will be an invaluable tool as your model becomes more complex.
You can select objects by their names, using the Select From Scene dialog box. The following is a
quick exercise that will introduce you to this important tool.
1. Click the Select by Name tool in the main toolbar or press H on the keyboard.
The Select From Scene dialog box displays. It contains a list showing the names of the objects
in your drawing with the currently selected objects appearing in blue (see Figure 1.40).
Groups of objects appear preceded by an icon consisting of an overlapping circle and square
contained within brackets. Right now, the list shows the default names given to the objects
by 3ds Max. You can always change the name of an object in the Command panel. (You can
rename an object on every tab except Utilities.)
2. Click the Select None button on the second row of icons on the dialog box. This clears the
selection set.
Figure 1.39
Selecting objects
using a lasso selec-
tion region
Figure 1.40
Selected objects
appear in blue in
the Select From
Scene dialog box.
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