Selections

Polygonal has several selection tools available from the Select menu as well as through mouse and keyboard shortcuts.

Select Menu

The following operations are available from the Select menu:

All Ctrl+A

Select all vertices.

None Ctrl+D

Deselect all vertices.

Invert Ctrl+I

Invert the selection.

Boundary Ctrl+B

Select all boundary vertices.

Non-Manifold

Select all non-manifold vertices.

Grow Ctrl+.

Grow an existing selection by selecting all neighbors of already selected vertices.

Shrink Ctrl+,

Shrink an existing selection by deselecting all neighbors of non-selected vertices.

Interactive Selection

The following operations are available using mouse and keyboard interaction:

Vertex

Select individual mesh vertices by using the Ctrl modifier and left click.

Lasso

Perform a free-form lasso selection by holding the Shift key and drawing with the mouse. Double-click to finish the selection. Hold both Shift and Alt modifiers to only select visible surface vertices.

Polygon

Similar to lasso selection but create a polygon with straight line segments. Use Ctrl+Shift modifiers and left click.Double-click to finish selection. Use Ctrl+Alt+Shift modifiers to only select visible surface vertices.

Selection Modes

All interactive selection tools support three different selection modes available from the Select ‣ Selection Mode menu:

Set

Set a new selection. Any previous selection will be cleared. (The default).

Add

Add newly selected vertices to the existing selection.

Remove

Remove newly selected vertices from the existing selection.