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5. Click the Add Selected Objects button in the Named Selection Sets dialog box
(Figure 1.46).
The names of the objects you selected now appear in the list of objects contained in the selec-
tion set, as shown in Figure 1.47.
6. Close the dialog box and deselect all by clicking off to the side in the viewport.
7. Select Sample from the Named Selection Set drop-down list. Now you see that three of
the chairs are selected.
8. Click on a blank area of the viewport to clear the selection set again.
There are several other tools in the Named Selection Sets dialog box. These tools let you
select objects from a set, highlight selected objects, delete objects from a set, or remove a set alto-
gether. You can also create new named selection sets using the Create New Set tool at the far left
of the Named Selection Sets toolbar.
You’ve now seen most of the Selection tools you’ll need to get started with 3ds Max. You’ll
learn about a few other Selection tools as you work with 3ds Max, and you’ll also get a chance to
apply the tools you’ve already learned as you start to build and edit 3D models in later chapters.
In the next section, you’ll learn about the tools that enable you to view your model from dif-
ferent angles, and how these different views can aid you in creating and editing your model.
Named selection sets can also contain selections of sub-objects, such as vertices, edges, or
polygons, the components that make up an object. You will learn about sub-objects in Chapter 4,
“Editing Meshes and Creating Complex Objects.” When a sub-object named selection set is cre-
ated, it is only available when that object is selected and the sub-object level is accessed.
Figure 1.46
Add Selected
Objects
Figure 1.47
The expanded list
of objects in the
Named Selection
Sets dialog box
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