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MostoperationsyouwilldoinRhinorequireyoutoselectoneormoreobjects.Objectscanbeselectedbyclickinganywhereontheobject.Clickawayfromtheobjecttodeselectit.Thismethodletsyouselectoneobjectatatime.

To select additional objects 4 HoldtheShiftkeywhileclickingtheobjects.

To remove objects from the selection4 HoldtheCtrlkeyandclicktheobjectsagain.

To cancel the selection4 ClickawayfromtheobjectsorpresstheEsckey.

Practice selecting objects1. OpenthetutorialmodelSelect Objects.3dm.2. InthePerspectiveviewport,clicktoselectthesphere.

3. HoldtheShiftkeyandselectthecylinder.Thecylinderisaddedtotheselection.

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4. HoldtheCtrlkeyandclickthesphereagain.Thesphereisremovedfromtheselection.

5. Clickawayfromtheobjects,orpresstheEsckey.Theselectioniscanceled.

Select objects with windowsAnothermethodistomakeawindowselectionoracrossingselectiontoselectmultipleobjectsinoneoperation.Youcanclickinanopenareaofthescreenanddragtocreateaselectionwindow.Tomakeawindowselectionclickinanopenareaofthescreenanddragtotheright.Tomakeacrossingselectionclickinanopenareaofthescreenanddragtotheleft.Awindowselection,selectsallobjectscompletelyenclosedbythewindow.Acrossingselection,selectsallobjectsthatareenclosedbythewindoworanyobjectthewindowcrosses.Toaddobjects,holdtheShiftkeywhilemakingawindoworcrossingselection.Toremoveobjects,holdtheCtrlkeywhilemakingawindoworcrossingselection.

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Practice window and crossing select1. InthePerspectiveviewport,clickanddragawindowaroundthesphere.

2. InthePerspectiveviewport,holdtheShiftkeythenclickanddragawindowaroundtheboxandthecylinder.Thecylinderandboxareaddedtotheselection.

3. InthePerspectiveviewport,holdtheCtrlkeythenclickanddragacrossingovertheboxandcylinder.Thecylinderandboxareremovedfromtheselection.

Other ways of selectingRhinohasmanycommandsandmethodsforselectingobjects.Youcanselectobjectbyname,layer,color,type;bycapturingwithboundariesorcrossingfences;byvolumeshapes,bygroupnameandmanyothers.ReviewthehelptopicSelection commands.

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Practice selection by object type1. Atthecommandprompt,typeSelAll.

2. TypeSelNone.Thisclearstheobjectsfromtheselection.

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3. TypeSelSrf.Thisselectsallsurfaces.Inthiscase,onlythesphereisasurface.

4. TypeSelPolysurface.

Thisaddsallpolysurfacestotheselection.Inthiscase,thecylinderandboxarepolysurfaces.

5. PresstheEsckey.

Thisalsoclearstheselection.

Sub-object selectionToselectpartsofobjectsforusewithothercommands,pressandholdboththeCtrlandShiftkeysatthesametimeandclickanobjectpart.Theavailablepartsincludepolysurfacefaces;surfaceandpolysurfaceedgecurves;controlpoints;meshvertices,faces,boundaries,andedges;andobjectswithinagroup.ReviewthehelptopicforSub-object selection.

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Practice sub-object selection1. InthePerspectiveviewport,presstheCtrlandShiftkeysandclickafaceofthebox.

Thefaceyouselecthighlights.

2. PresstheDeletekey.

Thefaceoftheboxisseparatedfromtheboxsolidanddeleted.

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