Use extended entity selection to find, filter, and select subsets of entities. Extended selections can be added to, removed from, or intersected with existing selections, and previous selections
can be also saved and retrieved.
Use quick advanced selection to associate a preferred advanced selection method to different entity types. The advanced
method becomes instantly accessible while holding the Alt key during any selection action.
Parameter values in the Entity Editor, as well as attributes in browser columns that
require a selection pop out an embedded entity selector when clicked. All controls,
shortcuts, and behaviors for this entity selector are the same as any other, except
for a few differences in buttons layout.
Click or press "/" to select by
typing names or IDs. While typing, the selection search function provides live
suggestions of:
Entity names that contain the typed search terms (separated by space)
somewhere in their name.
Tip: If you
wish to treat spaces as characters instead of search term
separators, turn on the Match Exact Phrase
option in the Preferences dialog, located in File > Preferences > Browsers > Selection Search.
Entity IDs that begin with a numeric search term.
A live suggestions list will show partial matches for names and IDs while
typing, up to a certain number (configurable in File > Preferences > Browsers > Selection Search). If the model contains more partial matches than listed in
the suggestions list, click Browse More, or press
Ctrl + Enter, to browse and select from the full
partial match list.
Tip: Live partial match
suggestions are available for entity counts of up to 100,000. However,
you can still select by typing names or IDs regardless of model size,
and full match suggestions will be still provided and
selectable.