Cycle Through Multiple Subobjects

In 3D views, some objects or subobjects might be hidden behind others. You can press Ctrl+Spacebar to cycle through the hidden subobjects until the object you want to select is highlighted.

For example, when you select faces on a box, the face in the foreground is detected first. To select a hidden face, press the Spacebar (with Ctrl still pressed). Release the Spacebar and click to select the face.

For best results, make sure that Selection Cycling is turned on in the Selection Cycling Tab (Draft Settings Dialog Box). Or cycle through hidden subobjects by pressing Ctrl+Spacebar as you click until the subobject is selected.

Turn on the Subobject Selection Filter

Selecting a specific type of subobject can be difficult on complex objects, such as meshes. You can limit the selection to a face, edge, vertex, or history subobject by setting a subobject selection filter.

When a subobject selection filter is on, you do not need to press Ctrl to select the face, edge, or vertex of a 3D model. To select the entire object, however, you need to turn off the filter.

Stored in the SUBOBJSELECTIONMODEsystem variable, this filter can be changed from the shortcut menu or the ribbon.

When a subobject filter is turned on, the following icons are displayed near the cursor:

	Vertex filtering is on	Shift + F2
	Edge filtering is on	Shift + F3
	Face filtering is on	Shift + F4
	History subobject filtering is on	Shift + F5
	Subobject filtering is off	Shift + F1