How do I select only faces that are visible?

[kathal-2]

Hey! Suppose I'm trying to reduce the polycount on a mesh that will partially be obscured by another mesh:

Ideally, I would just make a box selection and only the visible faces would be selected, I'd invert my selection, and delete the faces that are behind the second mesh:

However, when I enter the wireframe view, I see that even the faces behind the other mesh were selected:

How do I select only the faces that are directly in sight, and not any faces that are hidden behind the other mesh?

[baez_isaac · Accepted solution]

Hello, 

What you'll want to do is go to the top right corner and select the tool settings (looks like a small hammer icon). There you find a section called" Common Selection Option" and under that check the box called " Camera-base Selection" this should do what you're looking for. I have added a video showing you that.