Switching Selection Modes

When you switch to different modes and select, the selected result will be totally different.

• Vertex Mode: In this mode, you can select the vertex (the red dots in the illustration below) on object's surface for editing.
  
• Face Mode: In Face mode, you can select the mesh faces (red triangles in the illustration).
  
• Element Mode: In this mode, you can select the entire sub-meshes of the object (the belt in this example).
  

• Left Mouse Clicking
  • Regular Click: Click to select one face or vertex.
  • Ctrl + Click: Hold the Ctrl key and click to multi-select or multi-deselect faces or vertices once at a time.
  • Shift + Click: Hold the Shift key and click to Add one face or vertex into selection.
  • Ctrl + Shift + Click: Hold the Ctrl and Shift keys, and click to Subtract faces or vertices from selection.
• Dragging Selection Box
  • Regular Dragging Selection Box: Select faces or vertices framed up by the box.
    
  • Ctrl + Dragging Selection Box: Hold the Ctrl key and drag a selection box over selected faces or vertices to invert the selection.
  • Shift + Dragging Selection Box: Hold the Shift key and click or drag a selection box to add more faces or vertices into a selection.
  • Ctrl + Shift + Dragging Selection Box: Hold the Ctrl and Shift keys, and click or drag a selection box to subtract faces or vertices from selection.

• Ignore Backfaces: Activate this box in order to avoid from accidentally selecting the back faces or vertices.

  Drag a box to select faces.	Ignore Backfaces: ON Only the front faces are selected.	Ignore Backfaces: OFF The front and back faces are selected together.

• Frontmost Surface Only: When selecting vertices or faces using a selection box, only the visible, unobstructed vertices or faces will be selected.

  Drag a box to select faces.	The front faces are selected.
  Frontmost Surface Only: Off. All faces (or vertices) within the frame are selected.	Frontmost Surface Only: On. Only the faces (or vertices) of the unobstructed front faces are selected.

• Expand Selection by Angle: Refer to the Expanding Selection by Angle section for more information.
• Grow Selection: Click this button to increase the size of the current selection in order to select more adjacent faces or vertices.

  The original selection.	The more faces are selected as the Grow button is clicked twice.

• Shrink Selection: Click this button to decrease the size of the current selection in order to select fewer adjacent faces or vertices.

  The original selection.	The more faces are selected as the Shrink button is clicked five times.

You can select vertex or face loops by holding the Ctrl key in Vertex and Face modes.

• Vertex Loop Selection (for Conform, Edit Mesh, and Skin Weight features):

  1. Enter Conform, Edit Mesh, or Skin Weight mode. The wireframe appears.
     
  2. Select a vertex on the desired loop.
     
  3. Hold the Ctrl key and select an adjacent vertex on the same loop.
     
  4. In Vertex mode, click the Edge Loop button in the Selection Tool.
     
     
  5. All vertices along the loop will be selected.
     
• Face Loop Selection (for Edit Mesh mode only):
  1. Enter Edit Mesh mode. The wireframe appears.
     
  2. Select a triangle face on the desired loop.
     
  3. Hold the Ctrl key and select another triangle face on the same rectangular mesh or on an adjacent mesh within the loop.
     
  4. Switch to Face mode and click the Edge Loop button.
     
  5. All faces along the loop will be selected.
     

Vertex Ring Selection (for Conform, Edit Mesh, and Skin Weight features). You can select vertex rings by holding the Ctrl key in Vertex modes.

1. Enter Conform, Edit Mesh, or Skin Weight mode. The wireframe appears.
   
2. Select a vertex on the desired ring.
   
3. Hold the Ctrl key and select an adjacent vertex on the same loop.
   
4. In Vertex mode, click the Edge Ring button in the Selection Tool.
   
   
5. All vertices along the ring will be selected.