Effective item selection

There are a few ways to select items

Viewport selection

Select or deselect item with:

• Left Mouse Button (LMB)
  • add more items to the selection → hold SHIFT + LMB
  • remove items from the selection  → hold CTRL + LMB

• Drag-window in viewport and hold Middle Mouse Button (MMB)
  • add more items to the selection → hold SHIFT + MMB + drag in viewport
  • remove items from the selection  → hold CTRL + MMB + drag in viewport

Item tree selection

Select an item from the tree with the Left Mouse Button (LMB)

• add one more item to the selection → hold CTRL + LMB
• add all items between the last selected → hold SHIFT + LMB
• remove items from the selection  → hold CTRL + LMB

Additional selecting features

There are some more advanced selection tools to select, edit or manipulate the selection:

• With the tools in the topbar:
  • add parents to selection
  • select parent
  • deselect parent
  • add children to selection
  • select all highlighted items
  • invert selection
• From the bill of material (BOM)
  • select the item name(s) in the Bill Of Materials (BOM) list → LMB
  • add one more item(s) to the selection → hold CTRL + LMB