Selecting Faces

If the modeler is in face selection mode, click an object face in the view window to select it. To select multiple faces, hold the Ctrl key as you click the faces. You also have the option to create face lists, which define a list of object faces, or you can make face selections from a Face ID list in the By Face dialog.

Switch to face selection mode using one of the following methods:

Click Edit > Selection Mode > Faces.
Select Face from the Select drop-down menu on the Model ribbon.
Right-click in the view window, and then click Select Faces. (Not available when working on a 2D Design)
Press the shortcut key F. (Not available when working on a 2D Design)

You can also select faces in the Select Multi mode.

When the mouse hovers over a face in the view window, that face is highlighted, which indicates that it will be selected when you click. Selected faces become the color specified under the Display tab of the Modeler Options dialog box. All other objects and faces become relatively transparent.

To select faces touching the current selection, select Edit > Extend Selection > Select Connected Faces.

To select faces that touch each other, select Edit > Extend Selection > Select Face Chain. This option allows faces that are part of a "protrusion" to be selected.

You can also use the By Face dialog to select from a list of faces associated with an object:

To use the dialog box, no objects should be selected to start.
Click Edit > Selection Mode > Faces or on the Model ribbon, Select Face from the drop-down menu; then click the Select by Name icon.

This displays the Select Face dialog. This contains a list of the available objects.

Select an object in the Object Name list.

The Face ID list is then populated with the faces in that object.

Selecting a face ID from the list highlights the face in the 3D window. Use Ctrl + click to select additional faces, or shift-click to select a range of faces.

Selecting Faces

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