Std BoxElementSelection
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| Menu location |
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| Edit → Box Element Selection |
| Workbenches |
| All |
| Default shortcut |
| Shift+E |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
| Part BoxSelection, Std BoxSelection, Std SelectAll |
Description
The Std BoxElementSelection command selects subelements (1.1 and below: faces or edges; introduced in 26.3: faces, edges or vertices) from a user defined rectangular area, a box, in the 3D View. Multiple box selections can be combined by holding down Ctrl while dragging subsequent boxes.
For each box only a single subelement type is selected:
- 1.1 and below: If the object has faces only faces are selected. For other objects only edges are selected.
- introduced in 26.3: The subelement type depends on what is found by the box. Faces have priority over edges and vertices, and edges have priority over vertices. This behavior can be overridden by setting a selection filter.
Note that if a whole object falls inside the rectangle, the object itself, instead of its subelements, is selected.
Usage
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Select the Edit →
Box Element Selection option from the menu. - Use the keyboard shortcut: Shift+E.
- Select the Edit →
- Do one of the following:
- Drag a rectangle from left to right to select subelements whose geometric center lies inside the rectangle.
- Drag a rectangle from right to left to select subelements that are (partially) inside the rectangle, or touched by it.
Notes
- Use the Std BoxSelection command to box select objects instead of subelements.
- This command cannot be used to select elements in a sketch. See Sketcher Workbench.
Std Base
- File: New Document, Open, Open Recent, Close, Close All, Save, Save As, Save Copy, Save All, Revert, Import, Export,Merge Document, Document Information, Print, Print Preview, Export PDF, Exit
- Edit:
- Miscellaneous: Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Duplicate Object, Delete, Recompute, Box Selection, Box Element Selection, Select All, Transform, Placement, Align To, Send to Python Console, Properties, Toggle Edit Mode, Edit Mode, Preferences
- Create: New Part, New Group, Variable Set, Annotation Label, Text Document
- Datums: Coordinate System, Datum Plane, Datum Line, Datum Point
- Link Actions: Make Link, Make Sub-Link, Replace With Link, Unlink, Import Link, Import All Links
- View:
- Miscellaneous: New 3D View, Orthographic View, Perspective View, Fullscreen, Bounding Box, Toggle Axis Cross, Clipping View, Texture Mapping, Toggle Navigation/Edit Mode, Material, Appearance, Random Color, Appearance per Face, Toggle Transparency, Workbench, Status Bar
- Standard Views: Fit All, Fit Selection, Align to Selection, Isometric, Dimetric, Trimetric, Home, Front, Top, Right, Rear, Bottom, Left, Rotate Left, Rotate Right, Store Working View, Recall Working View
- Freeze Display: Save Views, Load Views, Freeze View, Clear Views
- Draw Style: As Is, Points, Wireframe, Hidden Line, No Shading, Shaded, Flat Lines
- Stereo: Stereo Red/Cyan, Stereo Quad Buffer, Stereo Interleaved Rows, Stereo Interleaved Columns, Stereo Off, Issue Camera Position
- 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
- Toolbars: File, Edit, Clipboard, Workbench, Macro, View, Individual Views, Structure, Help, Lock Toolbars
- Panels: Tree View, Property View, Model, Selection View, Python Console, Report View, Tasks, DAG View
- Overlay Docked Panel: Toggle Overlay for All Panels, Toggle Transparent Panels, Toggle Overlay, Toggle Transparent Mode, Bypass Mouse Events in Overlay Panels, Toggle Left, Toggle Right, Toggle Top, Toggle Bottom
- Link Navigation: Go to Linked Object, Go to Deepest Linked Object, Select All Links
- Tree View Actions: Sync View, Sync Selection, Sync Placement, Preselection, Record Selection, Single Document, Multi Document, Collapse/Expand, Initiate Dragging, Go to Selection, Selection Back, Selection Forward
- Tools: Addon Manager, Measure, Clarify Selection, Quick Measure, Units Converter, Load Image, Save Image, View Turntable, Scene Inspector, Dependency Graph, Export Dependency Graph, Document Utility, Edit Parameters, Customize
- Macro: Record Macro, Macros, Recent Macros, Execute Macro, Attach to Remote Debugger, Debug Macro, Stop Debugging, Step Over, Step Into, Toggle Breakpoint
- Help: What's This, Start Page, Users Documentation, FreeCAD Forum, Report an Issue, Restart in Safe Mode, Developers Handbook, Python Modules Documentation, FreeCAD Website, Donate to FreeCAD, About FreeCAD
User documentation
- Getting started
- Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
- Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate
- Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
- Workbenches: Std Base, Assembly, BIM, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Material, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework
- Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub