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This task explains how to select objects using the selection traps. | |||||
Note that selection traps do not allow you to select sub-elements (e.g. edges, faces, vertices and so on). | ||||||
Using the Bounding Outline |
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The Selection TrapsThe Select toolbar provides several modes to select using traps: |
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Note that the icons available in this toolbar are also available in the Tools Palette. | ||||||
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By default, Rectangle Selection Mode is active but it
will be deactivated as soon as you select another mode. In fact, these
selection modes are exclusive and only one mode at a time can be active. If
you select a mode other than the default one then deselect it, then the
default mode is automatically activated. Whatever the selection mode, you can keep on selecting objects as long as the selection mode is active, you do not have to click its icon before each selection. When working in different workbenches, you can use a different trap selection mode for each workbench. However, if you open multiple windows for a same document in a workbench, the trap selection mode will be the same for each opened window. |
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SelectWhen Select
To be able to select with traps, first click Select then the trap to be used. |
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Selection Trap above GeometrySelection
Trap above Geometry
However, note that you must activate this mode each time you want to start a selection because as soon as the trap is drawn, the Selection Trap above Geometry is deactivated. |
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Rectangle Selection ModeRectangle Selection Mode
Note that you must start the rectangular trap on an empty space. |
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Intersecting Rectangle Selection ModeIntersecting Rectangle Selection Mode
Note:
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Polygon Selection ModePolygon Selection Mode
When Polygon Selection Mode is active, each click you make is identified by a new point of the polygonal trap. However, as long as this mode is active, the mouse clicks are not received by the current command which means that:
Note that:
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Free Hand Selection ModeFree Hand Selection Mode
Note that you must start the paint stroke on an empty space. |
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Outside Rectangle Selection ModeOutside
Rectangle Selection Mode
Note that you must start the rectangular trap on an empty space. |
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Outside Intersecting Rectangle Selection ModeOutside
Intersecting Rectangle Selection Mode
Note that you must start the rectangular trap on an empty space. Regarding intersection with points, note that only point symbols whose middle point is located inside the trap are selected as shown below: |
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Point in Example 1 will not be selected even though it intersects the trap (in red) since its middle point (in green) is not included in the trap, whereas point in Example 2 will be selected. | ||||||
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