Quick Answer: How do you select items in FreeCAD?

How do you select two items in FreeCAD?

you can select multiple items by holding strg-key pressed during clicking the objects.

How do you drag select in FreeCAD?

Select the Edit →



Drag a rectangle from right to left to select objects whose bounding box is (partially) inside the rectangle, or touches it.

How do I select a face on FreeCAD?

Re: Simple selection and de-selection (edges, faces)



Shift+select usually selects a whole range, as you can see in the tree when selecting the first element and then while holding shift one of the last items. If you want to select/deselect single items you use the Control key instead of shift (cmd on a mac).

How do I select multiple faces in FreeCAD?

Re: Is there an easier way to select multiple faces? You can use box-selection from the “set colors” tool. If you press the CTRL key when releasing the mouse the new faces will be added to/removed from the list of faces.

How do you deselect a tool in Freecad?

Re: How to get unselect tool to get arrow cursor.



Depending you your FreeCAD version, it may take two consecutive right-clicks or Esc key presses to quit the Sketcher Polyline tool (in 0.16 it only took one).

How do you extrude in Freecad?

Usage

1. Select the shape(s) in the 3D view or in the Model tree view.
2. Click on the Part Extrude button in the toolbar, or go to the Part → Extrude menu.
3. Set the direction and length and optionally other parameters (see the following Parameters section for more details).
4. Click OK.