How can I select and move only one primitive?

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I have a model which currently consists of two basic primitives. I want to select and move only one of the shapes, but while in object mode it seems to be treating them as one object. Must I switch to edit mode and select every vertex of the one primitive or is there an easier way?

Edit: I should note that my end goal is to carve one shape by doing a boolean difference between the two.

See https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/56153/why-cant-objects-in-edit-mode-have-their-own-name — Duarte Farrajota Ramos, Nov 22 '17 at 19:03
Possible duplicate of Splitting pieces of a mesh into a new object — , Nov 23 '17 at 01:37
do you have two objects? or one object with two primitives in it? — David, Nov 23 '17 at 02:16
@David, therein lies the question. I don't know how to distinguish that, but iowaqas and cegaton's advice below fixed the problem. — Nightmare Games, Nov 23 '17 at 22:48

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 22 '17 at 19:02

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If you have joined 2 objects then you will need to access each one of them by going to Edit Mode

Once you are in Edit Mode, hover your mouse over the primitive you want to select and press L.

You will be able to select a single primitive of your choice.

edited Nov 22 '17 at 19:02

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Thank you. This solves part of the problem. I can now easily select only the one shape, but blender is still not treating them as separate objects in the scene. – Nightmare Games Nov 22 '17 at 22:17
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In Edit Mode, select the parts of a mesh you want to separate into a new object use P https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/6184/splitting-pieces-of-a-mesh-into-a-new-object – Nov 22 '17 at 22:23

How can I select and move only one primitive?

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