Selection Methods
In SolidWorks, you can select objects as follows:
Click objects in the graphics area
Press Ctrl
while clicking to select
more than one object
Drag the pointer from left to right to define
a box
selection
or from right to left to define a
cross selection
Right-click one entity of a sketch object with
multiple entities in a chain (such as a rectangle or polygon) and choose
Select
Chain from the shortcut menu
Right-click one edge in a loop of edges in a part
and choose Select
Loop for operations such as feature fillet and chamfer
Right-click
two edges in a loop of edges in a part and choose Select Partial Loop
to select a series of connecting edges
Select features, components, planes, drawing views,
and other items in the FeatureManager
design tree
For many operations, you can select the objects either before or after
selecting the tool you want to apply.
Feedback
To help you select, entities highlight
as you pass the pointer over them, and the pointer
changes to let you know what type of entity it senses.
Select Other
You can right-click an object and choose Select Other 
to step through all the items under the pointer. When you
choose a face, the face is hidden so you can see inside the model.
Selection Filter
You can set the Selection Filter
to the kind of item that you want to select: faces, edges, vertices, surface
bodies, reference geometry, sketch entities, dimensions, and various types
of annotations. With the filter set, the kinds of items that you specify
are identified when you pass the pointer over them.
Click Toggle Selection Filter Toolbar
on the Standard toolbar to make the Selection Filter
toolbar visible.
