Selection tools

This portion of the ProBuilder toolbar provides access to selection modifiers and tools.

Selection tools on the ProBuilder toolbar

Depending on whether you have the Toolbar display mode set to text mode or icon mode, the selection tool button displays the following to indicate what state the tool is in:

  • In text mode, the button displays the label text followed by a colon and the name of the state. For example, the Select Hidden tool displays either Select Hidden: On or Select Hidden: Off.
  • In icon mode, the icon displays a visual cue that reveals the tool's current state. For example, the Orientation tool uses these three icons to indicate the handle alignment states: Orientation: Local (Local), Orientation: Global (Global), and Orientation: Normal (Normal).

The documentation for each tool includes information about these visual indicators.

Note: Some actions also have extra options or custom settings available. These tool buttons have a special indicator in the top-right corner. The documentation for each tool includes information about these options.

Shift Modifier icon Shift

Use the Shift tool to define how holding the Shift key affects selection.

For more information, see the Shift tool documentation.

Selection Rect icon Rect

Use the Rect tool to define whether drag selection should only select elements inside the drag-rect, or any intersected elements.

For more information, see the Rect tool documentation.

Select Hidden ON Select Hidden

Use the Select Hidden tool to define whether hidden elements are selected or ignored when drag-selecting.

For more information, see the Select Hidden tool documentation.

Select Edge Loop icon Select Edge Loop

Use the Select Edge Loop tool to select an edge loop from each selected edge.

For more information, see the Select Edge Loop tool documentation.

Select Edge Ring icon Select Edge Ring

Use the Select Edge Ring tool to select a ring from each selected edge.

For more information, see the Select Edge Ring tool documentation.

Select Face Loop icon Select Face Loop

Use the Select Face Loop tool to select a face loop from each selected face.

For more information, see the Select Face Loop tool documentation.

Select Face Ring icon Select Face Ring

Use the Select Face Ring tool to select a face ring from each selected face.

For more information, see the Select Face Ring tool documentation.

Select by Material icon Select by Material

Use the Select by Material tool to select all faces which have the same Material.

For more information, see the Select by Material tool documentation.

Select by Vertex Color icon Select by Colors

Use the Select by Colors tool to select all faces on this object which have the same vertex color.

For more information, see the Select by Colors tool documentation.

Select Hole icon Select Holes

Use the Select Holes tool to select all elements along the selected open vertex or edge.

For more information, see the Select Holes tool documentation.

Grow Selection Grow Selection

Use the Grow Selection tool to expand the selection outward to adjacent faces, edges, or vertices.

For more information, see the Grow Selection tool documentation.

Shrink Selection Shrink Selection

Use the Shrink Selection tool to remove the elements on the perimeter of the current selection (Grow Selection in reverse).

For more information, see the Shrink Selection tool documentation.

Invert Selection Invert Selection

Use the Invert Selection tool to select the inverse of the current selection.

For more information, see the Invert Selection tool documentation.