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Select objects in the Render Window in VRED using the Shift key with your mouse and keyboard controls.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
1 min.
Transcript
00:03
The Shift button on your keyboard is the button you need to press in order to interact with objects in your viewport.
00:10
Activate wireframe in your toolbar to receive feedback from your selection in the viewport.
00:17
To select geometry in VRED, just hold Shift and left click.
00:23
To select multiple objects, use Ctrl + Shift left click.
00:31
To deselect objects from your selection, use Ctrl + Shift right click.
00:42
You can also select objects by framing them.
00:46
Draw a frame from the upper left to the bottom right while Shift left clicking.
00:54
But if you draw a frame from the lower right to the upper left,
00:59
objects which are connected to the selected frame in the background will also be selected.
Video transcript
00:03
The Shift button on your keyboard is the button you need to press in order to interact with objects in your viewport.
00:10
Activate wireframe in your toolbar to receive feedback from your selection in the viewport.
00:17
To select geometry in VRED, just hold Shift and left click.
00:23
To select multiple objects, use Ctrl + Shift left click.
00:31
To deselect objects from your selection, use Ctrl + Shift right click.
00:42
You can also select objects by framing them.
00:46
Draw a frame from the upper left to the bottom right while Shift left clicking.
00:54
But if you draw a frame from the lower right to the upper left,
00:59
objects which are connected to the selected frame in the background will also be selected.
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