Modeling Toolkit selection modes

 
 
 

Component selection modes

These buttons let you switch between component selection modes:

Multi-component mode

When multi-component mode is active, all of the component selection mode buttons are highlighted in the Modeling Toolkit window:

Multi-component mode lets you work with all three component types without changing between selection modes. When entering multi-component mode from a single selection mode, your selection is automatically saved.

To enter multi-component mode, click the Multi-Component button, select Select > Multi-Component from Maya's main menu, or use the hotkey + Tab.

Convert a selection

-click a selection mode icon to convert your current selection to that component type.

For example, to convert vertices to faces, select the vertices in your scene, and then -click the face selection mode icon.

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