You can select
- edges
- faces
- surfaces
- fields
with 1 click
- all elements with double-click and further options
- special 1-click selection for faces in a surface can be activated from the context menu
- select faces by material from the context-menu
You can see some important parameters of the selection in the status bar and in the console (if activated).
Context-Menu:
DESELECT AND ADD ELEMENTS- Deselect desired element type from the active selection (edges, faces, groups, components)
- Add desired elements to the active selection
- Keep desired lelement type from a selection (=deselect all but desired)
SELECT LINE- select line : all connected edges, sharing the vertical plane of the start edge, will be selected,
there are two options :
- select all (visible and hidden)
- select visible only (here only visible edges are selected)
- select line +
like select line, but somea additional edges are included into the selection
SELECT +SELECTING FIELD:
Normally in Sketchup, you can select a surface or a face.
AREAL3D provides a 3rd type of selection, so called FIELD,
by which you can select all faces with the same material with one click (regardless of the visibility of their edges), building a FIELD of one material (works with undefined fields, too).
