Autodesk 663B1-05A111-1001 User Guide - Page 37

2 | Selecting How do I? > Select components by painting Related topics ™ "Select objects or components" on page 33 ™ "Edit > Select All" on page 226 Select components by painting You can select components such as vertices or faces by painting over the components with your graphics tablet pen. 1 Select the object on which you want to select components. 2 Select Edit > Paint Selection Tool > ‰. 3 Use the Tool Settings panel to set up the tool, including choosing whether you are selecting, deselecting, or toggling components between selected and unselected. 4 Set up the selection mask to select what types of components you want to select. 5 Paint on the selected object to select components. Change one type of selection to another When you have one type of component selected you can automatically select a corresponding component of a different type. For example, you can select a face and then use Convert Selection > To Edges to select the edges around the face. The Convert Selection type menu items do not change or convert the actual geometry. They only change which components are selected. • To change polygon selections, use the Convert Selection items in the Select menu within the Polygons menu set. • To change subdivision surface selections, use the Convert items in the Subdiv Surfaces menu. You can convert a selection to many different items using items from the Select > Convert Selection submenu. For more information, see the following in the Polygonal Modeling guide. • Select > Convert Selection > To Vertices • Select > Convert Selection > To Vertex Faces • Select > Convert Selection > To UVs • Select > Convert Selection > To Edges • Select > Convert Selection > To Edge Loop • Select > Convert Selection > To Edge Ring • Select > Convert Selection > To Contained Edges • Select > Convert Selection > To Faces • Select > Convert Selection > To Face Path Basics 37