HFSS15: Selecting Several Objects

1. If you are selecting objects in the Modeler window make sure that the modeler is in object selection mode by pressing the shortcut key O. You can always select objects in the History tree.

2. Select several objects in one of the following ways:

• Hold down Ctrl, and click the objects in the view window that you want to select.

• Hold down Ctrl, and click the object names in the history tree that you want to select.

• In the History tree, select a range of objects by first clicking one object to select it, and then Shift-click to extend the selection of visible items.

• In the History tree, under Lists, select AllObjects. This is an automatically created list that lets you selects all object.

• Click Edit>Select All to select all objects that were drawn in the active view window, including objects that are not currently visible.

• Press CTRL+A or click Edit>Select All Visible to select all objects that are visible in the active view window.

Selected objects become the color that is specified for selected objects under the Display tab of the Modeler Options dialog box. Use Tools>Options>Modeler Options to display the dialog and set the default color. By default, the selected objects are opaque and all other objects become relatively transparent. The settings for the relative opacity and transparency of selected and non-selected objects appear in the 3D UI Options dialog box. Use View>Options to display the 3D UI Options dialog.

To deselect all objects, do one of the following:

• Click Edit>Deselect All.

Press Ctrl+Shift+A.