Questions tagged [select]
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Why can I no longer "direct" select an object in OBJECT MODE? I can no longer select the object I am trying to select with my cursor. Blender 4.0.2
I am new here.
Recently (a few days ago), if I want to select an object, the object I am trying to select is NOT selected. However, the largest object in line with the cursor is selected. NOTE: All ...
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Select all small faces in solid mode from distance?
Is there any way to select all faces from a distance in solid view (not wire or x-ray)? When I select many small faces from a distance it skips a lot of them, see images below.
Edit: I only want to ...
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Blender Edge Loop Select Not Working
Machine Specs:
Version: Blender 4.2.0
OS: Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with Radeon Graphics × 6
GPU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cezanne
Using trackpad....
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How to select objects by face count
As in the title, we need to select objects that have a given number of faces or greater / less than X number of faces. I got the solution delivered by ChatGPT and tested in Blender 4.0, so I'm posting ...
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Are there any ways that I can select just the yellow highlight part?
I tried to Alt-LMB and it will select the entire left side of the edge from top to bottom, are there any shortcut I can use to select/ deselect the edge?
Edit: A bit correction on the detail, the ...
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How do I select vertices in a model, including the backside?
I am attempting to select half of a Sphere—the bottom half, for instance. In Edit mode, I use the rectangular select tool to draw a shape covering the lower half of the sphere. Sometimes, the entire ...
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Blender Select Faces Hollow
Hi! I am new to Blender and I'm trying to build my first object, a washing-machine. I am trying to hollow out just the drum of the washer, but when I removed the front face of the cylinder, the front ...
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Unable to select object at the beginning, so have load factory setting all the time
I am unable to select object at the beginning, so I have load factory setting all the time.
Here I attached my loading screen.https://youtu.be/4ICLWBlc-JE
Also I can't select Scene Collection at this ...
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Refining material assignment in Blender geometry nodes based on neighboring faces
I have a mesh where I initially assign a material to faces based on their normals' angles (an example is provided in the attached .blend file). This initial selection method works, but I need to ...
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How to select faces along curve/path/edge?
Is there a way to select mesh polygons along a curve/path/edge?
A mesh is an exported profile of an area of the earth's surface (approximately 1 km by 1 km in size). There is a road running through ...
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How to select only individual vertices in Edit Mode?
Feel like I should know how to fix this but I'm stumped. In Edit Mode, when I select part of my mesh and delete the vertices, some of the back is also deleted.
I didn't select the back when I was ...
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select with soft edge
How can I select part of an object, with soft edges in the selection, to use in geometric nodes.
I would like to select with soft edge to apply the Edge Wear: Mesh Edge Damage geometry node.
leaving a ...
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In PaintWeight, Is it possible to select multiple bones while Vertex Selection Mode is ON?
I do not intend to use Mask Modifier because I have a hair mesh that contains 5-10 layers on top of each other and I would rather work with two mesh surfaces that are stacked visibly in edit/Weight ...
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Allowance modifier or technique?
Is there a modifier or a technique to add customizable allowance to selected geometry?
I can use the Shrink/Fatten modifier on selected faces, but this is a destructive operation. The possibility to ...
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How to select only deformation bones?
Is there a way to select all bones from the vertex group of the mesh?
I have too many overlapping bones that are very tedious to work and some are non-deformer which I wanted to hide and only work ...
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2 parts get selected
When i select a part of the mesh another part is selected as well. When 2 parts is selected it doesn't work to sculpt the part i try to select. This goes away after moving around modes a couple of ...
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How to select all the vertices on one side of an edge loop?
I would like to select all the vertices on the character's hand from this edge loop down. Are there any quick ways to do it?
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Define and select (non)manifold faces
I thought Blender had a definition of non/manifold faces, and in my understanding, a manifold face would be one that touches (is directly connected to) other faces with all of its edges.
Turns out, ...
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Select faces directly touching selected edges?
I would love to know a way to select faces that are directly neighbours to selected edges.
Simply using grow selection ("select more" command) does not solve this because it selects all ...
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How to combine multiple shells
(Forgive me for what is surely a very basic question, but I can't seem to find an answer.)
I have an STL file that contains multiple overlapping (water-tight) shells. I would like to boolean union ...
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Output edge selection in geometry nodes?
I want to procedurally select edges, based on their position criteria, and store that selection for later.
But can selection be an output attribute?
If not, is there any way to just output a visual ...
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Invert geometry nodes selection Blender
I have a selection made based on Position and Normal. The distribution should be inverted.
How can I invert it ?
Thank you.
Thank you. This works. But doesn't feel it completely invert the selection,...
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Remove invisible (inner) faces
My question is very similar to this theme
quellenform shared great example for polys, visible in camera
I can't to remake nodes for polys, visible in all directions, to delete all inside geometry.
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Instances on points, selection of visible instances by alpha map values (1 / 0 );
I got stuck at an important step and I need some help to understand what i'm doing wrong.
I'm looking for a way to tell blender to select instances (on faces) only for those on white color (solid, ...
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How to select geometry and remove it with slope mask?
Program: Blender 2.9.2-4.0
Geometry and mask created in Gaea
I'm facing a problem, I don't understand how I can select vertices for further deletion, ONLY those in the white area?
My goal, by any ...
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Select in edit mode not working when clicking fast
I just jumped to Blender 4.0 recently and one thing really bothers me. While in edit mode and with part of the geometry selected, I can't select any of that selected part if I'm clicking too fast. ...
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Advanced selection Keymaps settings
Half a year ago i was browsing this forum and i found a topic with the "selection keymaps".
A man posted a screenshot with keymaps settings but it was some advanced selection settings. It ...
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Why did my cursor change to a circle?
My cursor switched to a circle and I don’t know how to switch it back. Now I can’t select any objects except for where the orange dot is located. How can I fix this?
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Select N symmetrical edges in a sphere
If I'd like to select two symmetrical vertical edges in a sphere it is easy to do that manually:
Four would be easy too:
But with other divisions it could be harder to do so manually.
Is there a ...
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Fill Select tool
Any idea how i can select inner polygons on this screenshot?
I'v seen a video where a guy used "Fill Select" and i wannna know if its an addon or not.
link on the vid with the timing:
https:/...
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How to Export every Action for Specific Armature as Separate FBX?
My goal is to export every action that has animation data on a specific armature into separate FBX files. This is what I have so far. But, it's not quite working right. It crashes if I do not have an ...
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Smallest/biggest edge in a mesh - How would one select or get the position of the 2 vertices that make up the smallest/biggest edge of a mesh in GN?
My initial idea was that maybe there was a info node for that, but I don't think there is...
So, then I thought that maybe it could be done using raycasts? That go off on each vertex and the two first ...
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How to select side of active vertically?
Does the side of active from select (Edit mode) also select upward/downward vertices?
It seems like it only selects the left right sides...
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How Can I Automatically Separate a Mesh into Individual Faces (meshes) in Blender?
How do I separate a selected mesh into multiple meshes based on its faces.
What I know how to do: enter Edit mode, select a face of a cube, press P for separate, press S for selection, and repeat this ...
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How to select edge loops intervally in blender?
How can I select edge loops like that, there is a unselected loop between two loops.
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How do I conditionally select an index within geometry nodes?
I would like to have a conditional fork in my geometry nodes logic, based off index. In programming it would be like if (index == 5) { ... }. How are conditional ...
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How to hide green faces selection in UV editor?
The green faces remain even when I'm not selecting, is there any way to avoid this?
And even when I'm not in UV Sync
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Contour lines every z-level of this stepped landscape
Trying to recreate this holographic animation all by myself with geometry nodes. Watching several tutorials I used a texture map to create the landscape layout. I do not know how to get a selection of ...
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Is there a way to DESELECT SIMILAR (i.e. Select Similar)?
It is incredibly helpful to be able to select things by their trait (i.e. Select Similar > Normals).
Is there a way to deselect geometry in the same way?
Using the image below as an example:
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Deleting objects by name without affecting current selection
Before 4.0, it was possible to use context override with operators.
It was very handy to be able to delete a list of objects without messing with the current selection.
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How to force Context to be 'Outliner' for using 'bpy.ops.outliner.select_walk' in the 3D Viewport?
I've been trying to use the 'bpy.ops.outliner.select_walk' functionality which walks up and down the list of objects in the outliner with the arrow keys. I want to use this functionality while in the ...
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How can I fully select a collection using python with blue highlight?
I have found this thread and several other threads but nothing with any legit answers. We can somewhat select a collection using for example this script that "selects" the one at index 2:
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Problem selecting/deselecting points from Instance on Points
I'm trying to deselect the last point from instancing.
I'm using the Endpoint Selection < Boolean Math - Not setup as I've ...
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Whenever I select anything it just shows the shader thing at the bottom of the screen
Whenever I select anything it just shows the shader thing at the bottom of the screen. I am in object mode in layout and I can't do anything or move anything! not sure what to do. Here is the scene I ...
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Fastest way to align objects with keyboard shortcut and no errors about active object?
I need a keyboard shortcut to align the selected objects relative
to an specific axis, for example, X.
Currently I have a keyboard shortcut to do this, however,
note the option "Relative to: ...
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How to shortcut select Move tool without instantly being Move?
Shortcut G instantly makes mouse movements Move the selection.
Is there a way to activate the Move tool without it instantly going into this button-less move state?
Similarly for Rotation and Scale.
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Loop Select not working on MacBook M1 Pro - Blender 3.6.2
I'm using a Blender 3.6.2 and while attempting to the loop select on a simple cube, it doesn't work.
I have tried several combinations of keys (Alt + Left Click, Alt + Right Click, Double-Click, ⇧ ...
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Geometry nodes: Select vertex on an edge by angle
I have a simple mesh, which is just an edge and i want to instance objects on some points.
Points, which have 3 or 4 connected edges
Points, which have 2 connected edges, but have 90 degree angle ...
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Blender Python: How to test for "selectable" objects in viewport?
Is there a way to check if objects are selectable in Blender Python?
The code below checks if an object is visible, but is there also something to check if an object is also selectable in viewport?
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msgbus for collection selection in outliner
I want a callback for Collection selections in the Outliner.
So far I already found a common solution for object selections:
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