Questions tagged [select]
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Where are the outliner toggles in 2.8?
The selection toggle arrows in the Outliner disappeared. Is there some preference in the settings that has to be turned on?
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Is there a way to select all the objects inside a collection?
Is there a way to select all the objects inside collection using shortcut?
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The number of objects selected
I would like to know the method which I can know the number of objects I have selected in the viewport. Precisely in object mode. Thank you in advance (:.
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How to select all polygons within a selected edge perimeter?
Is there an easy way to select all polygons within a selected edge boundary? Selecting each polygon manually would be a pain.
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can I get number of edges connected to a vertex
I essentially want to put a fence up around the edge of my object, is there a way I can select all vertices with 3 edges connected to it?
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shift alt left click for loop select doesn't work in 2.8 anymore. What did they change now?
The title says it all. This is so incredibly, unbearably annoying.
mesh.loop_select doesn't work now... and I can't figure out that they've made it into. Even when reset to default settings I can no ...
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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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How to prevent accidentally dragging vertex on selection?
When manually selecting a single vertex in Edit mode, I sometimes hold the mouse button down for a split second longer and end up dragging the vertex just a tiny bit. Most times I wont notice it.
This ...
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How to extrude only edges
I wished to extrude edges of a plane to create opened box. I have created a plane, switched to edit mode, switched to edge select, then started shift selecting edges. I can select 1, 2 or 3 edges ...
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Left-click selection stopped working in 3D-Editor
Something happened this morning; I couldn't select (or deselect) any objects in the 3d editor viewport using left-click. I could do other things with left-click, e.g., move or rotate an object, just ...
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Selecting faces not covered by other objects
I have a mesh of a terrain with seperate models of a large building and various roads and parking lots on top of it. I wanted to add a tree particle system to the faces of the terrain not covered by ...
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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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Python : Get selected objects in outliner
To get the selected object in viewport, we use :
bpy.context.selected_objects
But in outliner, if i select some objects there, then what is the python function to ...
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How can I cut a complex Blender object in half?
As the title suggests, I have modeled an object, and I want to cut it perfectly in half, or close to perfectly.
But as the object is quite complex, nothing I've found on google worked that well and/...
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Where is the toggle for 'Limit Selection To Visible'?
In Edit mode, in the Solid mode, I cannot seem to find the toggle for 'limit selection to visible'. Sometimes I just want to grab all the vertices I know are in an area quickly, to then scale then in ...
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