Selecting Over Geometry

The Select over Geometry tool lets you drag a box or lasso over a model without starting the drag from a blank region of the graphics area.

Select over Geometry is helpful when you cannot start the drag from a blank region. For example, use it when the model fills the graphics area or when unwanted items would be included in the selection.

Without Select over Geometry, if you start the drag on top of geometry, the drag fails and the geometry under your initial click is selected:

To select over geometry:

1. Do one of the following:
   • Click Select over Geometry (Standard toolbar).
   • Click Tools > Select over Geometry.
   • Press and release T.
   Select over Geometry is also available in mouse gestures.
   Select over Geometry mode is activated.
2. Drag a box or lasso around the items to select.
   
   
   
   The geometry is selected:
   
   

   When Select over Geometry mode is active, you can do the following:

   • Drag a box or lasso to clear the current selection and select different items.
   • Shift + drag a box or lasso to add items to the current selection.
   • Perform an operation on the current selection (for example, add fillets to selected edges), and then drag a box or lasso to make another selection.
3. To exit Select over Geometry mode, do one of the following:
   • Click anywhere in the graphics area (for example, on a face or edge, or in a blank region).
   • Click Select over Geometry (Standard toolbar) or Tools > Select over Geometry.