Questions tagged [selection-tools]
Questions about Blender's tools for managing selections. Selections are used to define what part of an object/path/curve/etc. is being manipulated or highlighted.
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Is it possible to save a "face group" instead of a vertex group? [duplicate]
I work with face corner vertex color a lot. Sometimes I need to go back and change the color of e.g. all red faces to green faces. I could select all the faces manually, but this can be time consuming ...
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How to select an exact half of this sofa, rather than everything but the right-hand arm rest?
The part I circled, only half the sofa, is what I want to move.But every time I click half the sofa, it selects almost the whole thing? Is it possible to only select half (one side) of the couch and ...
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How can I more easily select objects in the viewport when in the Shader editor, in 4.5?
In Blender 4.5, when I am in the Shading editor, I am having difficulty selecting objects by clicking on them in the 3D Viewport. I click and nothing happens, or it selects a distant object that is ...
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Is there any way I could select some specific faces, which were added via array
I arrayed a support pillar, but I then fixed the mesh, combined it with the existing tunnel. How would I select the support pillars, without having to go 1 by 1, manually selecting faces. If I press L,...
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What is the most recent version of blender with a working outliner?
So in the most recent version of blender as of Sunday, August 3rd, 2025 (Latest version is 4.5.1. Also, my OS is Windows 10), the outliner has the following problems: When you click on an object in ...
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Why can I select through objects when I have xray and wireframe off?
I'm experiencing a selection issue in Blender 4.3 and 4.5 where I can select objects through other geometry in Object Mode, even when X-Ray is off and the obstructing object is fully opaque. This ...
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Identify Objects by Shader [duplicate]
I'm new to Blender, in other 3D programs I know, there's a way to pick objects by shader. Does blender have a way to do this? or at the very least identify all the objects in the viewport and the ...
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Selecting Faces/Edges/Vertices along a long
This is probably a very basic question, but I googled and looked into the manual, but I can't figure out how I can select all the faces that have the shortest path between the right most and left most ...
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