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Geometry Editor - How do you deselect a stray selection?

dracorndracorn Posts: 2,353
edited November 2016 in The Commons

This has been driving me absolutely crazy!

I'm trying to create a new material zone, and even though I am careful, I find a stray area that had been selected.  I don't know how long ago it was selected, and when I try to deselect that one small area, then the whole thing deselects.

There has go to be a way to do this besides just Undo.  Unfortunately I can't find any comprehensive documentation on Geometry Editor that tells me what each menu item does.

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  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    What I've done in situations like this is just go ahead and assign everything to the new surface. Then I deselect everything and then select the 'strays' and reassign them to the original surface.  Probably not the most elegant way of doing it, but instead of starting over several times, it's much faster.

  • Silent WinterSilent Winter Posts: 3,872

    There really should be a 'deselect' option - in other programs you can just 'select' it again to deselect, or use 'shift-select' or right-click or something.

    This has driven me crazy before too - sometimes, on a tricky surface, I'll need to select and assign a few at a time to be sure.

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 12,459

    Press/Hold the [Alt] key while clicking/painting to deselect geometric elements. Press/Hold the [Ctrl] key while clicking/painting to add geometric elements to a selection.

  • dracorndracorn Posts: 2,353
    Cris Palomino said:

    Press/Hold the [Alt] key while clicking/painting to deselect geometric elements. Press/Hold the [Ctrl] key while clicking/painting to add geometric elements to a selection.

    It WORKS!  Thank you.  You Rock!

    Is there a resource that explains all the menu options for Geometry Editor?

  • Silent WinterSilent Winter Posts: 3,872
    Cris Palomino said:

    Press/Hold the [Alt] key while clicking/painting to deselect geometric elements. Press/Hold the [Ctrl] key while clicking/painting to add geometric elements to a selection.

    ALT-Key!  Doh, that's the one I didn't try.  Thank you so much smiley

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    I find the alt-select to be as fiddly as selecting them in the first place...

  • BlueIreneBlueIrene Posts: 1,318

    I was using the geometry editor for the first time in ages today and was wondering this. It's weird how often this forum seems to know I've got a question and randomly answers it without me having to ask it!

  • Thomas WindarThomas Windar Posts: 272
    dracorn said:
    Cris Palomino said:

    Press/Hold the [Alt] key while clicking/painting to deselect geometric elements. Press/Hold the [Ctrl] key while clicking/painting to add geometric elements to a selection.

    It WORKS!  Thank you.  You Rock!

    Is there a resource that explains all the menu options for Geometry Editor?

    There will be soon.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,000
    Thomas Windar said:
    dracorn said:
    Cris Palomino said:

    Press/Hold the [Alt] key while clicking/painting to deselect geometric elements. Press/Hold the [Ctrl] key while clicking/painting to add geometric elements to a selection.

    It WORKS!  Thank you.  You Rock!

    Is there a resource that explains all the menu options for Geometry Editor?

    There will be soon.

    In the meantime, look in the lower half of Window>Workspace>Customise fpr the various tool viewport accelerators.

  • dracorndracorn Posts: 2,353
    mjc1016 said:

    I find the alt-select to be as fiddly as selecting them in the first place...

    I didn't find it so hard to use.  When I made a mistake, I took my finger off the CTRL key and pressed the ALT key, then clicked on each errantly-selected face and they deselected.  Back to the CTRL key and I continued my selections.

    It went very fast even though the geometry for the dress was pretty high res.  I was able to create the new collar material zone for the Eowyn dress in one session.

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