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Questions tagged [selection-tools]

Questions about Blender's tools for managing selections. Selections are used to define what part of an object/path/curve/etc. is being manipulated or highlighted.

There are many ways to select elements, and it depends on what Mesh Select Mode you are in as to what selection tools are available.

Selection tools at the Blender Manual

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Select multiple faces at once

I have a .STL file and all of the faces have been converted to triangles so there are hundreds of long thin triangles. Is there a effective way to select all of the faces in a small area? Something like a circle and when you click every face under…
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How to select objects based on materials?

Is it possible to select all objects that have a particular material assigned to them? E.g. if I have many objects that use the same material and I want to select them for Copy to Selected, how can I do this?
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How to expand and contract the current selection in Edit mode?

I watched a video of somebody selecting more vertices/edges/faces using the < and > signs in edit mode. He would select one face then using the > sign it would select more connected faces. The problem is I'm on a Mac and those two keys are under…
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knife tool not working

I am learning how to use the Knife tool and it's not working for me. I try to make a straight line by clicking on two points with Left mouse button, but the second time I click it, the line disappears. I am trying to cut a diagonal line in the small…
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How to select loops with 'emulate 3 button mouse' and 'LMB select' enabled?

Is there a way to select loops with Emulate 3 Button Mouse and Left click select enabled?
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Drag select with mouse

Is it possible to select the objects by dragging left mouse button like in other CAD or 3D softwares. If i change the keyboard shortcuts to Maya in the settings I could do that. But I dont know which key is mapped to that. This could be done with…
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What exactly does edge loop selection do?

AltRMB — What exactly does it do? After subdivisions or loop cuts, AltRMB does not seem to select some loops. What should one do to define a loop? How can I use select edge loops efficiently?
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How do I remove subdivision loops?

I am trying to manipulate a cube into a car; and I was able to make edge loops by pressing Ctrl+R. However, when I am trying to make a wheel well, I want to make new subdivision loops to do that; yet the old ones are getting in they way. How do I…
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Understanding Checker Deselect

I don't succeed in selecting a group of faces and deselect with Checker Deselect. Consider a cube that has been looped cut ... Select all the faces of the top side ... Click on Checker Deselect ... What does it mean ? (I am using v2.78c)
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Blender 2.8: How to select edges behind other edges when in numpad 1 mode

In a tutorial I am seeing the guy go into 'Mesh Mode' where he is able to select edges behind other edges. However I am unable to do this in 2.8. When I select it just selects the closest edge.
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Is there a selection tool that will select everything towards the cursor?

So the tool I'm looking for is basically something that I would expect to see in the Select Menu but I'm not sure it's there or where else to look. Basically, something like the following-> Select a loop, then everything else towards the 3D cursor.…
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Selecting all objects inside a mesh

Is there a quick way to select all objects inside a mesh? For example, I have a 15x15x5 grid of cubes. How would I automatically select all the cubes that are inside the toroid-like mesh object? Update: Weight Mode: Torus Settings:
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"L" select connected selection tool doesn't work

In the below scene, I cannot seem to select the shape on the left by hovering over it and pressing "L" select connected. In the below screen shot, I pressed L to select other elements of the scene, and all became selected properly: But no matter…
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Rotate objects around irregular shape

I have these flap things rotating around a very irregular shaped track. While I was able to rotate each flap from a center point perfectly, I was not able to rotate them around this irregular track perfectly. So I had to translate them along Z and…
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How do you do an island select?

According to this video tutorial, on blender 2.71 to select just one of two objects that have previously been joined (with control + j), you hover your mouse over the object, and press L. ( Thats a lowercase L ) However, this does not do an island…
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