To view and pick using the Object Lister window

1. On the Windows menu, choose Object Lister.

   The Object Lister window appears.

   The graph in the window is the diagram representing the current scene.

2. Use the scroll bar on the left to move through the graph.

   The nodes are labelled with their names and icons showing their types.

3. Click a geometry node in the Object Lister window.

   The corresponding object in the scene becomes picked.

Pick > Object and Pick > Component

Unlike in the modeling windows, you can use either Pick > Object or Pick > Component to select whole objects or parts of objects in the Object Lister. In this section, you will compare picking in the modeling window with picking in the Object Lister.

To pick using Pick > Object and Pick > Component

1. Choose Pick > Nothing .
2. In the Object Lister window, click the plus (+) sign beside the cube to open its representation.

   You can see that the cube is constructed of six planes that are grouped.

3. Choose Pick > Object and pick the cube in a view window.

4. In the Object Lister window, you can see that the grouping node is picked.

5. Choose Pick > Component .
6. Find the component filter buttons to the left of the promptline. These buttons appear when the Pick > Component tool is active.

   

7. Make sure the Surfaces button is pushed in.
8. Click the cube.
   • Since you must click an edge, which is shared by two sides, a small box appears under the mouse pointer with the name of both sides. Click the name you want.
   • The Pick > Component tool only picks one side of the cube.

     

     In the Object Lister window, you can see that instead of picking the entire group, the Pick > Component tool picked one of the subnodes
9. Instead of choosing Pick > Component and having difficulties selecting a surface that can be attached to or overlaid by another surface, you can click the subobject directly in the Object Lister.