Invert Selection
When you select items (usually a small number) and invert the selection,
all other similar items in the document are selected and the original
selections are canceled.
To invert selection:
Select items to be excluded.
Click Invert
Selection (Selection filter toolbar) or Tools,
Invert Selection.
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![](../art/fund_invert_part_1.gif) ![](../art/fund_invert_part_2.gif)
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You can select the following entities for inversion without using selection
filters:
Sketch entities in sketches
Faces and planes in part documents
Components in assembly documents (when you select
a face in an assembly, it is interpreted as the component being selected)
Annotations in drawing documents
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![](../art/fund_invert_assembly_1.gif) ![](../art/fund_invert_assembly_2.gif)
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Use Selection Filters for the following
types of entities:
Vertices
Edges
Faces (in assembly documents)
Bodies
Dimensions and other annotations
Sketch points
Sketch entities (other than points)
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![](../art/fund_invert_vertices_1.gif) ![](../art/fund_invert_vertices_2.gif)
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You can select entities in the FeatureManager design tree as well as
in the graphics area. When you invert selection in the FeatureManager
design tree in assemblies, hidden components are included in the inverted
selection.