Select

Selecting the right objects is most of the work in a piece with three hundred stones. This tab collects Rhino’s selection commands into a single grid, and the ones that come in families carry a submenu.

Two groups, left to right.

By kind and property

• Select AllEverything in the file.
• Selection FilterLimits what the cursor can pick.
• Named SelectionsSaves a selection to recall later.
• Select Previous SelectionBack to what you had selected before.
• Select by Object IDBy the object's unique ID.
• Select by ColorEverything sharing a display colour.
• Select PointsPoint objects.
• Select Block InstancesEvery instance of a block.
• Select LightsThe lights in the scene.
• Select by Annotation StyleAnnotations sharing a style.
• Select DotsAnnotation dots.
• Select Clipping PlanesClipping planes.
• Select Clipping Plane in ViewportOnly those clipping this viewport.
• Select MeshesMesh objects.
• Select Closed MeshesClosed, watertight meshes.
• Select Open MeshesMeshes with holes or open edges.
• Select CurvesCurve objects.
• Short CurvesCurves shorter than a length you set.
• Open CurvesCurves whose ends do not meet.
• Closed CurvesCurves that close on themselves.
• PolylinesCurves made only of straight segments.
• LinesSingle straight line segments.
• By LinetypeObjects drawn with a given linetype.
• Planar CurvesCurves lying flat in one plane.
• Sub CurveCopies or shortens a stretch of a curve.
• Self-Intersecting CurvesCurves that cross themselves.
• Select ChainA run of curves that meet end to end.
• G0 ContinuityAuto-chains curves that simply touch end to end.
• G1 ContinuityAuto-chains only curves that join tangent.
• G2 ContinuityAuto-chains only curves that join with matching curvature.
• Select NoneClears the selection.
• Invert SelectionSwaps selected for unselected.
• Select Last CreatedWhat the last command made.
• Select by Object NameBy the name you gave it.
• Select Exact DuplicatesObjects sitting on top of each other.
• Select by LayerEverything on a layer.
• Select Point CloudsPoint cloud objects.
• Select Mirrored BlocksBlock instances that were mirrored.
• Select HatchesHatch objects.
• Select DimensionsDimension objects.
• LinearLinear dimensions only.
• CentermarksCentre marks only.
• RadialRadius and diameter dimensions only.
• OrdinateOrdinate dimensions only.
• AngularAngle dimensions only.
• With Property OverridesDimensions whose style settings were overridden.
• With Text OverridesDimensions showing typed text, not the measurement.
• By Font UseAnnotations that use a given font.
• Select by Group NameEverything in a named group.
• Select PolysurfacesPolysurface objects.
• Open PolysurfacesPolysurfaces with open, naked edges.
• Closed PolysurfacesClosed, solid polysurfaces.
• Lightweight ExtrusionsExtrusion objects.
• Select SurfacesSurface objects.
• Open SurfacesSurfaces with free edges.
• Closed SurfacesSurfaces that close on themselves, like a sphere.
• Untrimmed SurfacesSurfaces with their full, untrimmed edges.
• Trimmed SurfacesSurfaces that have been trimmed.
• PicturesPicture objects, such as reference images.
• Planar SurfacesFlat surfaces.
• Select SubD ObjectsSubD objects and their parts.
• SubD Friendly CurvesCurves built to match SubD edges exactly.
• SubD EdgesThe edges of SubD objects.
• Edge LoopA loop of edges running around the SubD.
• Edge RingParallel edges across a band of faces.
• Face LoopA loop of faces running around the SubD.
• Filter: EdgesLimits sub-object picks to edges.
• Filter: FacesLimits sub-object picks to faces.
• Filter: VerticesLimits sub-object picks to vertices.
• Filter: NoneRemoves the sub-object filter.
• Toggle Edge/VertexConverts the sub-object selection between edges and vertices.
• Faces to BoundaryFaces enclosed by a boundary of selected edges.
• Lasso PointsControl points, by dragging a lasso.
• Connected PointsControl points adjacent to the ones already selected.
• Select UVBoth rows of control points through a picked point.
• Select UThe row of control points through a point, along U.
• Select VThe row of control points through a point, along V.
• Invert Point SelectionSwaps selected and unselected control points.
• Next UMoves the point selection one step along U.
• Add Previous UExtends the point selection one step along U.
• Next VMoves the point selection one step along V.
• Add Previous VExtends the point selection one step along V.
• Brush PointsControl points, by brushing over them.
• Control Point RegionA range of control points on a curve or surface.
• Control PointsEvery control point on a curve or surface.
• Select Objects with HistoryObjects linked to what made them.
• ParentsThe inputs a history object was built from.
• ChildrenThe objects built from the selected inputs.

By region and volume

• Select Rectangular RegionEverything inside a rectangle you draw.
• Select by 3-D BoxEverything inside a box.
• Select by Boundary CurveEverything inside a closed curve.
• Select SmallObjects below a size you set — useful for junk.
• Select by Closed VolumeEverything inside a closed solid.
• Select by KeyBy user-text key.
• Select by Key/ValueBy user-text key and value.
• Select by SphereEverything inside a sphere.
• Select by CircleEverything inside a circle.
• Select by BrushingPaints a selection with the cursor.
• Select with FenceEverything a line you draw crosses.
• Select ControlsControl objects of a cage or history.
• Select by ValueBy user-text value.
• Select Non-ManifoldObjects that cannot exist as solids — a common cause of failed prints.