Volume Select Settings

Use

Using the Volume Select settings in the Tool Assistant, you can create selections based upon rectangular or spherical envelopes. A transparent primitive is used to act as the guiding volume space in which objects will be selected.

Features

Elements	Functional Description
Options	Controls the type of volume selection to use. On/Off enables and disables volume selection. Shape: Used to select the shape to use for volume selection. The available shapes are either Cube, which uses a cube shape to select volume, orSphere, which uses a sphere to select volume Select crossed nodes: Include in the selection, all nodes that touch other nodes
Selection Handling	Controls the way in which the volume selection is handled Add to previous selection: Adds the volume selection to the previous selection Create Layer: Creates a new layer with this selection Add to Scene: Adds the volume selection to the scene
Position and Size	Positions the volume selection shape in the viewport interactively Move: Moves the volume selection shape Destination: The selection options for the destination object. Scale: Scales the volume selection shape Position: Determines the position of the volume selection shape in the viewport. You can determine the position of the shape on the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis. Size: Controls the size of the shape. you can determine the size of the shape on the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis Radius: The radius of the sphere. Note that this field will only display if the shape selected is a sphere.

Elements

Functional Description

Options

Controls the type of volume selection to use. On/Off enables and disables volume selection.

Shape: Used to select the shape to use for volume selection. The available shapes are either Cube, which uses a cube shape to select volume, orSphere, which uses a sphere to select volume
Select crossed nodes: Include in the selection, all nodes that touch other nodes

Selection Handling

Controls the way in which the volume selection is handled

Add to previous selection: Adds the volume selection to the previous selection
Create Layer: Creates a new layer with this selection
Add to Scene: Adds the volume selection to the scene

Position and Size

Positions the volume selection shape in the viewport interactively

Move: Moves the volume selection shape
- Destination: The selection options for the destination object.
- Scale: Scales the volume selection shape
- Position: Determines the position of the volume selection shape in the viewport. You can determine the position of the shape on the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis.
- Size: Controls the size of the shape. you can determine the size of the shape on the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis
- Radius: The radius of the sphere. Note that this field will only display if the shape selected is a sphere.

More Information

Volume Select Tool