I have a weird selection thing going on, if I use anything other than the tweak selection, the selection highlights multiple objects behind the facing object, even though x-ray mode is not enabled.
Have I switched some thing on by mistake?
Basically I’m trying to select multiple lats on the structure shown and for this dragging a box selection down a column of lats, but it also selects whats behind.
Any help would be great
It looks like you changed your viewport display option ( in object buttons ) to “wire”. Changing it back to “solid” should fix it.
Maybe you just dont show the content of the 3D-View but the whole screen? So that maybe someone can see what’s wrongly switched on?
And you are not showing Solid Mode but Rendered…
I just tried it out by placing two cubes behind each other, switching to front orthographic view in solid viewmode so that the second cube isn’t visible at all. If I box select the first cube, the second gets selected as well even though I’m not seeing it. If I circle select the first cube, the second one also get’s selected.
Edit: Maybe make the selection using the outliner or disable the selectability of the items you don’t want (also in the outliner). This may not be a good method since you have so many objects though.
Maybe now i got it…
Yeah… that’s essentially what box, circle or lasso select means: everything in the box/circle or lasso line.
I’m still wondering if there is a smart option somewhere that disables selectability of objects which are behind other objects relative to view. If not, this should definitely be an option. Seems to be a pretty smart thing to implement imo.
So after some research this is standard.
I just can’t believe, I never come across before.
My problem is that model is imported from sketchup and there no individual groups to switch off.
Just one collection with everything!!
Yes we need a select only view visable mode.
Well it looks like I’m not going to bed tonight as the client need this first thing in the morning.
Thanks for everyones help
Do any of the “select simliar” or “select by trait” options help maybe?
