{"id":5026,"date":"2016-11-29T09:45:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T17:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=5026"},"modified":"2016-11-29T09:45:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T17:45:08","slug":"quick-tip-selection-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-selection-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TIP: Selection Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that your Fusion 360 selections will change depending on the\u00a0way you encompass an area? If you go from left to right, you&#8217;ll get something different than if you go from right to left (or counterclockwise\/clockwise when using &#8216;freeform&#8217; select). I&#8217;m not sure where or when this started, but it&#8217;s one of those things that if you don&#8217;t know it exists, you simply don&#8217;t know. So when I overheard someone at AU voice a bit of frustration when this was taught to them, I knew I needed to get the word out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the example below, you&#8217;ll learn the differences between selection directions, and a couple other tricks that should help too!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"QUICK TIP: Selection Tricks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NtyrJdNm5gE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, using these techniques can make things like direct editing <em>even easier<\/em>, but they certainly aren&#8217;t limited to this part of design!\u00a0For easy\u00a0reference, I pulled the main graphic used in the video:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5032\" src=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/reference.png\" alt=\"reference\" width=\"1350\" height=\"1015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/reference.png 1350w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/reference-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/reference-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/reference-768x577.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching, and for another great QUICK TIP idea!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>~Aaron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to make complex changes to your models in a short time? 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