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Selection Tools

All four of the specialized selection tools will operate in the same way as the general Selection Tool, except that they can only select objects of a specific kind.

Selection Tool

2D view: Click an object (of any kind) to select it. Drag an object (except for a DTM) to move it. Hold down the Control key while you drag an object up and down in order to raise or lower it. Hold down the Control key while you drag a poly vertex up and down, to raise or lower just that vertex (requires that you unlock the poly's vertices). Click in white space (where no object exists) to deselect anything which is selected. Press in white space and drag to define an imaginary rectangle; when you release, all objects which are wholly within that rectangle will be selected. Hold down the Shift key while you click an object to alternately select and deselect it, without changing whether other objects are selected. Double-click an object to display it in the Info Panel.

3D view: Drag to do a flyaround (this will change your position on an imaginary sphere as you look towards the center of the sphere). This does not change the data.

Any view: Control-Shift-drag: zoom in and out as you drag up and down. Control-Option-drag: pan (moves the image around). Neither of these actions changes the data.

Point Selection Tool

Same as the Selection Tool, but can only select points.

Poly Selection Tool

Same as the Selection Tool, but can only select polys.

DTM Selection Tool

Same as the Selection Tool, but can only select DTMs. The DTM Selection Tool can select a DTM by clicking anywhere within the DTM; the general Selection Tool requires that you click on the hull of the DTM.

Entel Selection Tool

Same as the Selection Tool, but can only select entels.

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