Part BoxSelection

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Part

Part BoxSelection
Menu location
Part → Box selection
Workbenches
Part
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.18
See also
Std BoxSelection, Std BoxElementSelection, Std SelectAll

Description

The Part BoxSelection tool allows you to select the faces of the objects on the screen that are touched by the rectangular selection.

Alternatively, if there is a need to select only the vertices of an object then Std BoxElementSelection can be used. Use Std BoxSelection if the need is to select the entire shape.

Usage

1. Go to Part → Box selection.
2. Click and drag the pointer in the viewport creating a rectangle that touches one or more shapes.

Scripting

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