Questions tagged [selection-tools]
Questions about Blender's tools for managing selections. Selections are used to define what part of an object/path/curve/etc. is being manipulated or highlighted.
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Why can I only use the Select Circle option in Edit mode?
Whenever I'm in Edit Mode and I try to select vertices/edges/faces, it immediately switches me back to the Select Circle tool which makes selecting what I want far more difficult than it needs to be.
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Deselected active object always appear in edit mode [closed]
I have two objects, first box select them all, this operation set one object active.
Then deselect this active object with Ctrl + Left Mouse Button, it's not selected and can't be moved in object mode ...
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Get the number of edges per island (and bool it with selection)
So I used the great solution of Markus von Broady to select edges of islands within the distance X to other islands. Now, it is a little embarrassing I cannot figure out how to get the number of edges ...
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is there a shortcut for "cursor to selected"
There's an older post from 8 years ago that says:
Edit Mode
Shift 2
Right click on "cursor to selected"
But this doesnt work.
There's also an answer to "add to the quick menu" but ...
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how to select matching polygons?
There are two Objects:
1.Landscape
2.Cliff with landscape
Polygons of both +- along the roadside coincide (as you can see in the picture)
I would like to be able to select these matching polygons so I ...
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Importing .OBJ with Selection Sets
I'm an experienced C4D & Redshift user. I'm trying to create some (product) glTF files, and it seems like Blender is substantially more capable, than Cinema or RS.
So I'm trying to learn Blender (...
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Can I select all items on a specific coordinate of an axis?
I'm VERY new to Blender.
I've looked everywhere for an answer, multiple times, but have not been able to find one.
I'm working with something that is uniform. I want to alter everything on a layer/...
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Merge by Distance/remove_double removes 0 vertices when scripted with bpy
I am having trouble getting Merge by Distance to work in a python script while it works fine manually in the UI.
When I run Mesh > Clean Up > Merge by Distance on a selection of vertices, the ...
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I can create new objects that are visible in the viewport but can't select them. They are invisible in the outliner
Please someone help me. I'm to the point that I feel like crying.
I am able to create new objects in the viewport, this cube for example, but cannot select or manipulate them at all, and they do not ...
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Hotkey to move up and down Bone Parent/Child chain?
I'm learning Blender having spent years in 3Ds Max. I'm used to being able to use the Page Up and Down keys in Max to move up or down the parent chain or hierarchy. Is there a hotkey to do this in ...
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Blender adds all faces to Vertex Group when only extruded faces from cylinder are selected
To start have a cylinder with 256 sides, select all sides and checker deselect, then extrude along normals, that should get you here.
Next select all 5 faces of one of the extruded areas and select -&...
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I have a problem about selection
I don't know why there are two points near the corner(Blue). I want to put it in the middle or normal(Green). How do I do it in the middle?
Thank you
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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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There is interference when selecting faces. What to do?
I select the faces of the image using shift.The picture shows interference in orange. This interference is also visible when simply pressing on the face, not just when selecting. When I hold down the ...
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Assigning Physics To Multiple Objects [duplicate]
When I attempt to select all objects in a collection to assign the same physics to the objects, it doesn't seem to assign to every object. In fact, it either assigns it to one or none of the objects.
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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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Selection full object in Edit Mode
I am a new user of Blender. I have an issue with selection of an object in edit mode. Is there a way select an object in total, not only the side that is visible in preview but the full object?
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Expand Selection Mask in Geometry Nodes
I'm trying to create a mask that will give me random rectangles (not squares) on a surface that I can adjust the size of and I'm have a really hard time making a mask for it.
This is what I'm trying ...
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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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Selection tools in Edit mode not working
In one of my Blender files all the selection tools (select box, select circle, select lasso), as well as selecting by clicking, outside of Vertices selection mode (edges and faces), DON'T work. ...
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Why can I not select the tip of the bone?
I am unable to select the tip of the bone, I can only select it as a whole or select the bottom. This ends up restricting the actions I can't take as it doesn't allow me to interact with the bone ...
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Shortcut W isn't working in sculpt mode
In sculpt mode when trying to open the tool brushes pie menu with the key W this error appears:
Tool 'builtin.select_box' not found for space 'VIEW_3D'.
I have ...
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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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select Inside corners using geometry nodes
Using Geometry nodes how to select inside corners of a shape?
I think inside corner could be defined as edge angle 90 degrees or less when traversing around the outside of the shape.
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How do I paint and sculpt with a ''Connected only'' brush? Like edit mode has
So instead of weight painting in a 3d sphere, which also catched onto close geometry, painting in a connected only manner, that only edit mode has as far as I know.
If this logic exists for edit mode, ...
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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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How to quickly deselect loose parts in edit mode? Similar to ctrl double clicking a face in maya
I already know workarounds(select linked then invert) in some cases but they're not applicable everytime. I'm looking for a similar quick function like in maya so I can deselect the faces of the ...
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How to select specific edge loop?
I have this rectangular hole. I want to select the edges that I have marked in green.
I tried using Select > Select Loops > Edge Loops but depending on which edge I click I get one of the edge ...
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Blender 4.1 : Add selected objects to keying sets or ways to save a selection
I'm a storyboard artist, dabbling in Blender, using it mostly when a background will be easier to handle in 3d, for complicated sets or camera movements. I need to animate a complex group of objects, ...
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Random selection of objects copied by multiple Instance on Points nodes
I can't figure out how to address random object that has been repeatedly copied by 'instance on points' nodes.
To describe the situation let's say I have triangle like mesh that I want to copy on ...
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I can't select bones in edit mode [closed]
Ok so, whenever I got select the armature first, and then the arm mesh, put it into weight paint and I try to click on the bone, the armature turns gray and the armature goes into object mode or any ...
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Unable to select multiple objects
So I’m not sure what is going on, but I am unable to select more than one object. The first object is select is orange and then any following that is blue. I am in object mode. I tried selecting ...
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How to ignore backface-culled faces that point away from the camera when selecting in edit mode?
I've been searching for days now, asking the reddit, discord, several streamers noone seems to know.
I'm looking for a way to ignore backface-culled faces that point away from the camera, so basically ...
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Has limit selection to visible changed?
Since updating to Blender 4.1, I am suddenly plagued by selecting things I didn't want to select: edges/vertices I can't see, that are on the other side of a mesh, or past another object. I do not ...
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Object Selection for Script
I have a simple script that converts instances (makes them real) and then joins them all together. It replaces the need to do several individual steps with one click.
What I'm trying to do is...
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method to quickly delete unconnected interior faces?
Whenever I'm optimizing a mesh for a game I will always delete faces that will never be seen by the player, finding them usually takes a while to find depending on the complexity of the model, so I'm ...
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Can I select and bevel the top edge of the letters in this model?
I spent several hours retopologizing the letters for this model, and then doing a Boolean Difference extrusion onto a block.
However now the top edge of the letters is creating a weird geometry and I ...
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Why aren't there dots in the center of faces in Blender 4?
I am in Edit mode and face selection is activated, however no face has a black dot in the middle.
How can I display the face center in Blender 4?
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How can I mouse scroll zoom towards a selected object?
To clarify, I don't mean the " zoom towards mouse position " button in the preferences and I also don't mean " View > frame selected "
I mean to just scroll towards the ...
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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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Edge selection highlight not working
After updating to 4.1 I stopped seeing selected edges when more than one is selected.
In this gif you can see I am selecting 3 edges. The first one behaves as usual, but when selecting the second and ...
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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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Why doesn't "selecting similar faces by area" work in my case?
When trying to select faces by same area, all the faces get selected instead only the similar ones.
I don't understand if I'm doing someting wrong or if the option has limitations/bugs?
See the ...
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Select another Grease Pencil object in Draw mode Blender 4.0
In Blender 2.9x to Blender 3.x, it was possible to switch from one GP object to another while in Draw mode with the right-click selection (so, drawing with left click/stylus tip, and selecting with ...
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All object become "enable selection" with hotkey
I hope someone understands. I have more than 10000 objects and in my scene. None of them are named properly (and please don't suggest me to). Some of them are locked(unselectable), I don't want to ...
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Selecting in nodes
How do I select the 4 things highlighted in green on the node like in the screenshot below. I’m trying to follow a tutorial on how to make an animation but when the guy selects those things on the map ...
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Seam and Sharp Edge color (both)
do you guys know by any chance any addon that blend colors so i can see seam and sharp at the same time? Thanks
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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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How to precisely select a very wide mesh?
I have this very wide but thin tubular mesh (150 cm wide x 150 cm deep x 0.5 mm high), that I want to convert into an outline. It looks kind of like a fishnet thrown on the ground. I want to take just ...
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Face selected in edge mode selecting
blender v. 4.0.2
I made a plan then extruded using E and the edges other planes next to it. These are supposed to be the floors to my rooms in my project. But then I selected the edges, using edge ...
