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Selecting Objects

Selecting Objects

“Select” refers to selecting an object for Architect can be selected using the Select
editing. An object must be selected before it Objects tool. Select Edit> Select Objects,
can be edited. click the toolbar button or press the Space
bar on your keyboard to activate this tool,
In order for an object to be selected, it must then click on an object or its label to select it.
be both unlocked and visible in the current See Object Labels.
view. See “Layers” on page 184.
You can also select objects or open context
When an object is selected, it displays edit sensitive menus using the right mouse button
handles and a selection fill color. See “Colors when any tool is active.
Panel” on page 107.
By default, you can select an object by
In 3D views, a selected object will also clicking within 12 pixels of it. You can adjust
display lines representing the selected edge this distance by changing the Snap Distance
or surface. The size of the edit handles does in the Preferences dialog. A lower value, for
not change as you zoom in or out and is set in example, can be helpful for working with
the Preferences dialog. See “Edit Panel” on small objects but can also make it very
page 123. To prevent them from stacking on difficult to select larger objects. See “Snap
one another, some edit handles may not Properties Panel” on page 127.
display as you zoom away from the selected
object. Selecting Similar Objects
When an object is selected, its edit toolbar
also displays, typically at the bottom of the If a tool other than Select Objects i s
Chief Architect program window just above active, you can only select objects of that
the Status Bar. See “The Edit Toolbar” on type using the left mouse button. For
page 38. example, if the Straight Exterior Wall
Information about the selected object or tool is active, you can only select walls using
objects may also display in the Status Bar. the left mouse button.
See “The Status Bar” on page 43. This can be useful for selecting an object
A selected object remains selected until when many objects of a different type
another object is selected, a different tool is occupy the same space in floor plan view.
activated, the Esc key on the keyboard is Objects can be selected using the right mouse
pressed, or any two mouse buttons are button, regardless of which tool is active.
pressed at the same time.
Right-Clicking
Select Objects
Regardless of which tool is active, you can
With the exception of temporary CAD select an eligible object by right-clicking on
points, any object created using Chief it once. When you right-click to select an

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