Part BoxSelection
|
Menu location |
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Part → Box selection |
Workbenches |
Part |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
0.18 |
See also |
Std BoxSelection, Std BoxElementSelection |
Description
The Part BoxSelection command selects faces from a user defined rectangular area, a box, in the 3D view.
Usage
- Select the Edit →
Box selection option from the menu.
- Drag a rectangle to select faces that are (partially) inside the rectangle, or touched by it.
Notes
- To box select whole objects use Std BoxSelection instead.
- Primitives: Box, Cylinder, Sphere, Cone, Torus, Tube, Create primitives, Shape builder
- Creation and modification: Create sketch, Extrude, Revolve, Mirror, Scale, Fillet, Chamfer, Make face from wires, Ruled Surface, Loft, Sweep, Section, Cross sections, 3D Offset, 2D Offset, Thickness, Projection on surface, Color per face
- Boolean: Make compound, Explode compound, Compound Filter, Boolean, Cut, Union, Intersection, Connect objects, Embed object, Cutout for object, Boolean fragments, Slice apart, Slice to compound, Boolean XOR, Check geometry, Defeaturing
- Other tools: Import CAD file, Export CAD file, Box selection, Create shape from mesh, Create points object from geometry, Convert to solid, Reverse shapes, Create simple copy, Create transformed copy, Create shape element copy, Refine shape, Attachment
- Preferences: Preferences, Fine tuning

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