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Window Selection with 3D Wireframe Visual Style

grenier4 — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 23:13:35 GMT

Does anyone know if it is possible to achieve the same window selection behavior in 3D wireframe as in 2D wireframe? In 2D wireframe, I can click any empty space among objects and drag a window. In 3D wireframe, I can only drag a window if there are no 3D objects in the foreground or background where I am clicking to start the window. The use case for this is when I want to select multiple solid objects in the middle of a bunch of other solid objects so I can use the 3D Gizmo to move them together. I can only window around them if I start the window outside of all objects, which is often not practical or I will select unwanted objects. I can't use 2D wireframe because the Gizmo is then not available. I've played with a bunch of different selection settings and can't figure it out. I don't see any options in the visual style I can change either. While in 3D wireframe I can force activate the select command with the command line, and then type "W" for window, which allows me to drag a window without highlighting 3D objects... but once the objects are selected the Gizmo doesn't display for some reason. Using the command line to activate select is not a practical workflow anyway even if it did work.

Re: Window Selection with 3D Wireframe Visual Style

paullimapa — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:30:07 GMT

perhaps you can do a screen recording of what you're trying to do to clarify?

Re: Window Selection with 3D Wireframe Visual Style

cadffm — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 10:34:58 GMT

Hi,

in 3D-wireframe it should work the same way as in 2D-Wireframe. Perhaps a setting I don't know?

I start the implied window inside the red circle and it works for me (see attached sample file).

If you share screenshots or better screencast, please shot/record the whole program windows, thx.

Re: Window Selection with 3D Wireframe Visual Style

Valentin_CAD — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 09:39:55 GMT

@grenier4 ,

@grenier4 wrote:
I can't use 2D wireframe because the Gizmo is then not available. ...

Try using the Wireframe visual style instead of the @2D Wireframe.

Re: Window Selection with 3D Wireframe Visual Style

cadffm — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 10:46:07 GMT

@Valentin_CAD

That wasn't the question or issue, the problem is: He can't using the implied window in Wireframe, but in 2D-Wireframe: Why?

I can use the implied window in 3D-wireframe too, so it can work.

(I forgot my sample file for grenier4, but attached it now / see above)

Without a running command, click into the read circle

On my side: The implied window starts

on grenier4: The implied window don't start, but he's selection the 3Dobject by pick

Which setting we are searching for?