Selection Tools

Edit > Selection Tools are settings that affect the behavior of the selection tool.

• Edit > Selection Tools > Rectangle (or Ctrl-T; the default) - causes the shape of a selection in the Viewing Area to be a rectangle.

• Edit > Selection Tools > Ellipse - causes the shape of a selec­tion in the Viewing Area to be an ellipse.

• Edit > Selection Tools > Line (or Ctrl-L) - causes the shape of a selection in the Viewing Area to be a line. This is not available on ordered point objects.

• Edit > Selection Tools > Paintbrush (or Ctrl-P) - causes the selection tool to behave like a paintbrush while the left mouse button is remains pressed.

• Edit > Selection Tools > Lasso - causes the selection tool to behave like a lasso -- it selects everything inside the irregular area.

• Edit > Selection Tools > Crease Angle Mode - is a toggle switch. In Crease Angle Mode, the selection tool (regardless of the selec­tion behavior such as Rectangle, Ellipse, Line, Paintbrush, or Lasso) extends the selection to include all contiguous polygons whose shared edges meet at an angle that is less than or equal to X. X is specified by the administrator at Tools > Options > Display > Selection > Crease Angle.