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Selection Actions
You can use various actions to select items (geometry and datums). The table below lists the main selection actions:
Action
Description
Click
Selects individual items to add to the selection set or tool collector.
Double-click
Activates the Edit mode enabling you to change dimension values or properties for the selected items.
 
* For actions inside of a feature tool, refer to the documentation for the tool.
CTRL+click (press and hold CTRL as you click)
Selects additional items to be included in the same selection set or tool collector.
Clears a selected item and removes it from the selection set or from the tool collector.
CTRL+double-click (press and hold CTRL as you double-click)
Combines CTRL+click and Double-click in one action.
 
* For actions inside of a feature tool, refer to the documentation for the tool.
SHIFT+click (press and hold SHIFT as you click)
After you select an edge or curve, activates the chain construction mode.
After you select a solid surface or quilt, activates the surface set construction mode.
Right-click
Activates the shortcut menu.
SHIFT+right-click (press and hold SHIFT as you right-click)
Queries through possible chains based on the anchor that you selected.