Select objects

When selecting objects, make sure you are not in presentation mode. Press Tab to toggle between presentation and edit mode.

To select individual objects

• To select an object, click it with the left mouse button.
• To select multiple objects, hold down the Shift key as you click on them.

To select all visible objects

Choose Select > Select All Visible (Ctrl + K).

All visible objects will be selected, but not hidden objects or hidden alternatives.

To select all objects in a scene (including hidden objects and alternatives)

Choose Select > Select All (Ctrl + A).

Notes and tips:

• A message may appear warning that hidden items and/or hidden alternatives were included in the selection.
• To deselect everything that is hidden, use Select > Deselect hidden (Ctrl+Shift+K).
• To show the hidden items, use Select > Un-hide all (Ctrl+J). (Note that hidden alternatives can only be displayed from the alternatives interface.)
• To un-hide any selected objects, use Select > Un-hide Selected (Ctrl+Shift+J).

To deselect objects

• To deselect all objects, select Select > Deselect All (Ctrl + Shift + A), or click on a place in the scene where there are no objects.
• To remove one object from a number of selected objects, hold down the Ctrl key as you click on it.
• To deselect hidden objects, use Select > Deselect hidden (Ctrl+Shift+K).

To draw a selection box around objects

Click and drag until a rectangle surrounds the objects you want to select.

When you lift the stylus, all objects within the rectangle are picked, including objects under other objects and any objects only partially contained in the rectangle.

To swap the selection of hidden and visible objects

To make sure that a particular object is not selected, or to make sure that nothing is selected except for that object, you can swap the selection of hidden and visible objects:

• Choose Select > Swap Hidden and Visible.

To select parents (hierarchies) of objects

To select parent objects (hierarchies) of an object:

1. Click and hold the right mouse button over the object.

   A menu appears.

   
2. From the menu, you can choose to select:
   • All objects sharing the same material.
   • The object itself.
   • Parent objects (that is, the object it belongs to, the object containing that object, and so on).
   • Any folders in the Organizer that contain the object.

   As you drag the cursor over the menu, you will see each item highlight as the cursor moves over it.

   Note

   You can also select AliasStudio layers from this right mouse button menu, if they are available for the object that is clicked over.

3. Select the menu choice for the objects or groups of objects you want.

To select objects behind objects

To select an object you can see behind another transparent object (for example, a steering wheel behind a windshield):

1. Click and hold the right mouse button over the object.
2. Use the Objects Behind submenu to select from a list of the objects behind the selected object.

Select objects assigned to a particular material

1. Click and hold the right mouse button over one of these objects assigned with a particular material.
2. From the menu that appears, select All objects with this material.

   Or, to select all objects with that material type (that is, paint, metal, etc.), select All objects with this material type.

To select objects in a particular alternative

• To select all objects in an alternative, from the alternative’s right mouse button menu choose Select.

  (If the alternative is not visible, a message will warn that you have selected non-visible objects.)

• To select all objects in an alternative lineup, from the lineup’s right mouse button menu choose Select Entire Lineup.

  Use alternatives

To select objects assigned to a turntable

1. Press B (or select Behavior > Behaviors).
2. Press and hold the right mouse button over the desired turntable animation.
3. Select the menu choice Select Contents to select all objects associated with the turntable animation (or, choose Select Visible Contents to not select hidden objects).
   

   All objects associated with the turntable animation are selected.

To organize objects for quick selection

Choose Edit > Organizer (or press the O key) to include objects in views or folders so they can be quickly selected. See Reorganize objects in the Organizer.

To change the selection style

You can change the default animated blue selection grid to a stationary white, black, or blue wireframe. (Use a color that contrasts best with the materials and environment in your scene.)

• Select Options > Selection Display Style and select the display style you want from the menu.