Selecting Objects

Selecting the right object is important, because that is how you tell Strata 3D what you want a tool, texture, operation, or linkage to apply to.

To select an object, choose one of the manipulation tools at the top right of the tool palette (the Hotkeys are 1, 2 and 3) and then click anywhere on the object. When you see the blue bounding box with handles, you will know that the object is selected.

To select more than one object:

· Hold down the Shift key and click the objects one at a time, or

· Drag a selection marquee around the objects you want selected, Select all objects in the window with the Select All command in the Selection menu.

To select hard-to-reach objects:

Select with the Control key (Macintosh) or Right mouse button (Windows) pressed to access a pop-up list of all objects under the cursor (on the depth axis).This pop-up list will also tell you what type of object you are selecting.

· Move to another view, then select the object, or

· Drag a selection marquee around the desired object(s), then use the Shift key to deselect unwanted objects, or

· Temporarily hide objects that are in the way with the Hide Selected command.