Selecting

1 Select the Select tool from the Edit ribbon group.

2 Mouse over the vertices, edges, faces in the workspace to preview the selectable items in your design.

If multiple objects occur at your cursor location, use the scroll wheel or arrow keys to preview each one.

3 Click to select a vertex, edge, or face in 3D; click to select a line or point in 2D.

To select:	Do this:
All the edges around a face or closed loop	Double-click an edge or line. Double-click again to select the next loop of edges. Repeat as necessary. You can also right-click the edge or line and choose one of the loop options in the Select menu.
All tangent faces	Double-click a face. (Tangent faces are created by rounds or when edges are drawn on a face.)
Contiguous edges or faces	Click one face or edge, then Shift+click another face or edge to select all the faces or edges between the two.
The sides (but not the top and bottom) of a solid	Triple-click the solid and Ctrl+click the top and bottom to remove them from the selection.
A solid or surface body	Triple-click the solid, or right-click on the solid and select Select > Body.
A component	Right-click on the component and select Select > Component. This option is available only when you right-click an object within the active component.
All the objects in the active component (except layout surfaces)	Press Ctrl+A, click Select All in the Select tool menu, or right-click and select Select > Select All from the context menu. The types of objects selected depend on whether you are in Sketch, Section, or 3D mode.
Layout surfaces	Click the object in the Structure panel.
Anything completely within a selection box	Click and drag from the upper left to lower right to draw a selection box. You can also click Using Box in the Select tool menu, or right-click and select Select > Using Box from the context menu, then click and drag.
A lightweight component	Check the Lightweight Components box in the Options panel. Then right-click and select Select > Component.
The inverse of the current selection (in the active component)	Right-click a selected object and select Select > Inverse Selection.
A protrusion	Right-click on a protrusion and select Select > Protrusion.
A depression	Right-click inside a depression and select Select > Depression.
One member of a pattern	Right-click a pattern member and select Select > Pattern Member.
All members of a pattern	Right-click a pattern member and select Select > All Pattern Members.
Anything partially in a selection box	Click and drag from the lower right to upper left when drawing a selection box.

If any object was part of a group selection used to perform an action, the other parts of the group are highlighted when that object is selected. Click again to select the entire highlighted group.

When selecting within a view on a drawing sheet, you can only select those objects that are on the cross-section plane, or that are within the boundary of a detail view. Box selecting in Sketch mode selects only sketch lines. Box-selecting in Section mode selects only section lines.

4 (Optional) Ctrl+click and Shift+click to add or remove items from the selection set.

Ctrl+click to add or remove one item from the selection set. Shift+click to add everything between your first click and the Shift+click to the selection. You can add or remove items both in the workspace and on the Structure panel. You can also press Ctrl and drag to add the items within the selection box to the selection.

5 (Optional) Alt+click to create a secondary selection set.

Hold down the Alt key while performing any of the other selection techniques (double-click, triple-click, Ctrl, Shift) to create the second selection set. Alternate selections are shown in blue, and are used to guide the actions of the Pull and Move tools.

Click an unoccupied space in the Design window to clear the selection.

You can also use the Select tool to:

Selecting

Use the Select tool to select 2D or 3D objects in your design for editing. You can select vertices, edges, planes, axes, faces, surfaces, rounds, solids, and components in 3D. In 2D, you can select points and lines. You can also select circle and ellipse centers, the midpoints of lines and edges, and the internal points and endpoints of splines. You can also select components and other objects in the Structure tree.

1 Click to select the highlighted object. Double-click to select an edge loop. (Double-click again to cycle through alternate loops.) Triple-click to select a solid. Drag (or select Using Box from the Select tool menu) to create a selection box.

2 (Optional) Ctrl+click and Shift+click to add or remove items. Alt+click to create a secondary selection set.

Click any empty space in the Design window or select Clear Selection from the Select tool menu.

Sometimes objects appear at the same location in 2D. For example, a vertex and end point of a line are often located at the same point in space. When selecting, be sure to check that you have selected the correct object by using the scroll wheel without moving the mouse.

When you have an edge shared by two surfaces or solids, mousing over the edge shades the face that will be affected by an action to the edge if you select it. You can scroll with the mouse wheel to switch between the two faces. Mousing over a vertex shades the edge that will be affected by an action to the vertex if you select it. You can scroll with the mouse wheel to switch between the edges.

You can select the face of a solid when only the edge is displayed (such as in a drawing sheet view) using the scroll wheel. The edge becomes a slightly thicker line when the face is highlighted.

Within the Select tool, there are two tool guides that offer you alternative behaviors:

You can filter selections using the drop-down control in the status bar, as shown in the image on the right.

Selection filters apply to each tool. When you switch to another tool, the filter selections are reset to the default.

When you select objects, only those selected in the Filter options are selected. You can limit selection (on click and with box-select) to a number of different objects. When selecting by clicking, all checked objects will be selected. When using box-select, only the top-most checked object is selected. For example, in the figure above, box-selection would select only faces.

Extending a selection with the Select Bounds to Extend Selection tool guide. Arrows indicate the two faces that were clicked to bound the selection.

Cartesian Dimensions	Select this option to use Cartesian dimensions while editing sketches.
Polar Dimensions	Select this option to use polar dimensions while editing sketches.
Snap to Grid	Select this option to snap to the grid while editing sketches.

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