Working in Geometry Selection Mode

After you have drawn a geometry, you can either select a component or select the entire geometry in a particular area.

Selection options appear on the Home tab.

To select individual components in a geometry, click Select By Clicking.

To select geometry in a defined rectangle:

1. Click Select By Rectangle.
2. Click at the starting point to draw a box in which you want to select the geometry.
3. Drag-and-drop to an appropriate box area.

To select geometry in a defined polygonal area:

1. Click Select By Polygon.
2. Click at the starting point to draw a polygon in which you want to select the geometry.
3. Click once to create every polygon vertex, and finally double-click to close the polygon.

To select an extent:

1. Click Region Extent Selection Mode.
2. Click an extent region in the Modeling workspace.

The color of the geometry changes when it is selected. Change the selection color by clicking View > Selection Color and selecting a new color.

Working with Selected Geometries

From the Home tab, you can also perform clipboard actions on your selection.

Clipboard Options include:

• Cut – removes the selection from the Modeling workspace and places it on the clipboard so that it can be pasted elsewhere.
• Copy – places the selection on the clipboard so that it can be pasted elsewhere, but does not remove it from the Modeling workspace.
• Paste – places the cut or copied selection in the Modeling workspace.
• Move – allows you to change the selection's location in the Modeling workspace.