Selecting in Blender

Written by ina on Tuesday, 14 of April , 2009 at 11:57 am
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Selecting in Blender Edit Mode

Blender offers several convenient means of selecting things, when you want to grab multiple vertices, edges, or faces.

  • Border Select: Press B, then LMB and draw a box around what you want to select. | MMB deselcts
  • Brush Select: Press BB, then “brush” over the vertices you want to select. RMB or ESC to exit. | MMB deselects
  • Lasso Select: Ctrl + LMB selects | Shift + Ctrl + LMB deslects

Selecting in Blender Object Mode

Home, fits all on screen; Right click, press . to zoom into that object

Local View, shows only currently selected object: /

References. These Glen Moyes video tutorials go over the basics in a decently organized way.

Category: Tutorials

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