Std BoxSelection: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 11:55, 15 October 2020

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Menu location
Std BoxSelection
Edit → Box selection
Workbenches
All
Default shortcut
Shift+B
Introduced in version
-
See also
Std BoxElementSelection, Std SelectAll

The Std BoxSelection command selects objects from a user defined rectangular area, a box, in the 3D view.

There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Select the Edit → Box selection option from the menu.
- Use the keyboard shortcut: Shift+B.
Do one of the following:
- Drag a rectangle from left to right to select objects whose geometric center lies inside the rectangle.
- Drag a rectangle from right to left to select objects whose bounding box is (partially) inside the rectangle, or touches it.

Use the Std BoxElementSelection command to box select faces instead of objects.
This command cannot be used to select elements in a sketch. To 'box select' when the Sketcher Dialog is open:
1. Make sure that no command is active.
2. Do one of the following:
  - Click in an empty area and drag a rectangle from left to right to select objects that lie completely inside the rectangle.
  - Click in an empty area and drag a rectangle from right to left to also select objects that touch or cross the rectangle.

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File: New, Open, Close, Close All, Save, Save As, Save a Copy, Save All, Revert, Import, Export,Merge project, Project information, Print, Print preview, Export PDF, Recent files, Exit

Edit: Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Duplicate selection, Refresh, Box selection, Box element selection, Select All, Delete, Send to Python Console, Placement, Transform, Alignment, Toggle Edit mode, Edit mode, Preferences

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- Zoom: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Box zoom
- Document window: Docked, Undocked, Fullscreen
- Visibility: Toggle visibility, Show selection, Hide selection, Select visible objects, Toggle all objects, Show all objects, Hide all objects, Toggle selectability, Toggle measurement, Clear measurement
- Toolbars: File, Edit, Clipboard, Workbench, Macro, View, Structure, Help
- Panels: Tree view, Property view, Selection view, Tasks, Python console, DAG view, Model, Report view
- Link navigation: Go to linked object, Go to the deepest linked object, Select all links
- Tree view actions: Sync view, Sync selection, Sync placement, Pre-selection, Record selection, Single document, Multi document, Collapse/Expand, Initiate dragging, Go to selection, Selection Back, Selection Forward

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+* This command cannot be used to select elements in a [[sketch]]. To 'box select' when the [[Sketcher_Dialog|Sketcher Dialog]] is open:
+*# Make sure that no command is active.
+*# Do one of the following:
+*#* Click in an empty area and drag a rectangle from left to right to select objects that lie completely inside the rectangle.
+*#* Click in an empty area and drag a rectangle from right to left to also select objects that touch or cross the rectangle.
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