The Select bar

All tools in the Build and Adjust tabs work on the selection. In Adjust, tool panels have the Pick switch: Faces, Rings, or Corners. Build tools work on faces (Pull out and Push in also have Draw a shape, and Bevel has Tap a line). Tapping a face selects it (with any pieces it was built as one face with, such as a drawn shape’s top). Tapping unselected faces adds them to the selection; tapping a selected face removes it. Dragging across the model sweeps faces into the selection. Tapping empty space clears the selection.

The Select bar

The Select bar is on the right edge of the screen in both editors, in portrait and landscape. Tap the tab to open the panel. Select the fold button to fold the bar back into its tab. The tab shows the number of selected faces. Opening the Select bar doesn’t move the controls on the canvas.

The tools change with the selection kind:

• Faces:
  • Tap: Selects one face per tap. Dragging sweeps faces once you start moving.
  • Brush: Sweeps faces from the first press. Pauses while the panel is folded and goes back to Tap when you switch tabs.
  • Part: Selects all faces of the part(s) with the current selection (or of the last face tapped).
  • All: Selects all visible faces in the workspace.
  • None: Clears the face selection.
• Rings:
  • Grab: Turns selecting several rings on or off. When on, tapping lines adds or removes whole rings.
  • Next ▼ / Next ▲: Moves the selection one ring at a time to the rings beside it.
  • Let go: Clears all selected rings. See Grab & Let go .
• Corners: Has Part, All, and None for corners.

Undo and Redo on the Select bar undo and redo only selection changes, so you don’t lose a big selection by accident. They work on faces, corners, rings in Adjust, and lines in Bevel. A change to the model’s shape clears the selection history.

Selections across tabs

• Switching tabs: Face selections stay across Build, Adjust, and Color, shown in the open tab’s color. Ring and corner selections clear when you switch tabs. Add and Animate clear all selections.
• Switching tools: Changing tools in a tab keeps the selection (lines selected in Bevel are cleared on leaving Bevel). Changing Pick keeps separate selections for faces, rings, and corners at once.
• Color tab: Tapping the model selects faces (shown pink). Colors, patterns, or materials go on the selection. The Select bar adds buttons: Fill, Pattern, and the chosen material effect.
• Color tab (Paint): Opening Paint places the selected faces on the paint canvas. If no faces are selected, Paint opens on all visible faces on the model.

See Faces, rings and corners for the selection highlights.