Working with Your Models

For detailed information on working with your NURBS models,
see the NURBS Modeling in Alias manual.

4

Picking

In this Section:

• Pick Palette Summary 144
• Pick Modes 146
• Deselecting All Items 148
• Picking Objects 149
• Picking Components 152
• Picking Joints 155
• Picking Templated Objects 157
• Picking Edit Points 158
• Picking Various Types of Objects 160
• Picking Point Types 166

Pick Palette Summary

Use the pick tools to select and de-select objects and sub-objects so that actions can be carried out on them.

To use these tools, use the menus or icons in the Pick palette.

Icon	Pick palette >	For information...
	Nothing	Deselecting All Items on page 148
	Object	Picking Objects on page 149
	Component	Picking Components on page 152
	Template	Picking Templated Objects on page 157
	Edit point	Picking Edit Points on page 158
	Point Types > CV	Picking CVs on page 167
	Point Types > Hull	Picking Control Hulls on page 169
	Point Types > Clusters	Picking Clusters on page 170
	Joint	Picking Joints on page 155
	IK handle	Picking IK Handles in Animating in Alias.
	Object Types > Curve on surf	Picking Curves-on-Surface on page 161
	Object Types > Image plane	Picking Image Planes on page 162
	Object Types > All obj/lights	Picking All Objects and Lights in a Scene on page 163
	Object Types > Selection handle	Picking Selection Handles on page 164
	Clouds	See Working With Point Cloud Data in NURBS Modeling in Alias book.

Pick Modes

There are three pick modes:

Toggle

If you pick an object that was inactive, it becomes active. If you pick an object that was active, it becomes inactive.

Replace

Only the objects you select remain active. If you select no objects in this mode, the effect is that the pick list is cleared. This is similar to using Pick > Nothing.

Remove

The selected objects are removed from the pick list. If they were active, they become inactive. If they were already inactive, there is no change.

The following table lists how to use these three modes while picking using the mouse.

left button	Toggle
middle button	Replace
right button	Remove

Tips:

• This pick functionality is also available when using the Xform tools. If you hold the Shift key you can temporarily pick items. For example, if you are using Xform > Move, hold the Shift key and use the left mouse button to toggle the object's pick status.

• A click-release is different than a click-drag-release. A click-drag-release pick operates on all geometry in the pick box according to the selected pick mode. A click-release only operates on a single item. You can use the click-release method for separating overlapping geometry.

Multi-pick

When trying to pick a specific item in a mass of other items, a pop-up menu will appear listing everything that can be picked. As you scroll down the list, each item will highlight.This function was created to make picking items easier and quicker.

You can disable this feature with the Use Pick Chooser option in Preferences > Interface > Interface options-.

Deselecting All Items

Purpose

Deselects all active items.

How to Use

Select the palette menu or icon Pick > Nothing.

All active items are made inactive.