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[[Part BoxSelection|Part BoxSelection]] allows you to select the faces of the objects on the screen that are touched by the rectangular selection.
The {{Button|[[Image:Part_BoxSelection.svg|16px]] [[Part BoxSelection|Part BoxSelection]]}} tool allows you to select the faces of the objects on the screen that are touched by the rectangular selection.


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Use [[Std BoxElementSelection|Std BoxElementSelection]] if you want to select only the vertices of an object, and [[Std BoxSelection|Std BoxSelection]] if you want to select the entire shape.
'''Alternatively''', if there is a need to select '''only the vertices''' of an object then {{Button|[[Image:Std_BoxElementSelection.svg|16px]] [[Std BoxElementSelection|Std BoxElementSelection]]}} can be used. Use {{Button|[[Image:Std_BoxSelection.svg|16px]] [[Std BoxSelection|Std BoxSelection]]}} if the need is to select the '''entire''' shape.


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Revision as of 15:21, 30 January 2020


Part BoxSelection

Menu location
Part → Box selection
Workbenches
Part
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.19
See also
Std BoxSelection, Std BoxElementSelection, Std SelectAll

Description

The Part BoxSelection tool allows you to select the faces of the objects on the screen that are touched by the rectangular selection.

Alternatively, if there is a need to select only the vertices of an object then Std BoxElementSelection can be used. Use Std BoxSelection if the need is to select the entire shape.

Usage

  1. Go to Part → Box selection.
  2. Click and drag the pointer in the viewport creating a rectangle that touches one or more shapes.