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Chapter 6: Selecting Objects and Setting Object Properties

FIGURE 6.3
The Select Similar command selects all Hedra objects.

Select by Color
Choosing Edit ➪ Select by ➪ Color lets you click a single object in any of the viewports. All objects with the
same color as the one you selected are selected. Even if you already have an object of that color selected,
you still must select an object of the desired color. Be aware that this is the object color, not the applied
material color. This command, of course, does not work on any objects without an associated color, such as
Space Warps.
Select by Region
The Edit ➪ Selection Region command lets you select from one of two different methods for selecting
objects in the viewport using the mouse. First, make sure that you’re in select mode, and then click away
from any of the objects and drag over the objects to select. The first method for selecting objects is Window
Selection. This method selects all objects that are contained completely within the dragged outline. The
Crossing Selection method selects any objects that are inside or overlapping the dragged outline. You also
can access these two selection methods via the Window Selection buttons on the main toolbar—Window
and Crossing, shown in Table 6.2.

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