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Selection tools

Select object instances by drawing rectangular, polygonal or lasso selection.

Authors and contributors to this community extension: AshBadas.

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How to use:

  • Activate SelectionTools using the De/Activate selection tools action.
  • Create a shape painter object and add the Selection painter behavior. Create a single instance of this object.
  • Use Activate rectangular selection, Activate polygonal selection, or Activate lasso selection action to activate the type of selection you need.
  • Use the Select condition to check which object instances are inside the selection.

Tips:

  • None of the actions require you to call them each frame. Use them with the At the beginning of the scene condition or Triggred Once.
  • If you set Pre-select? to Yes in the Select condition, do not add a Triggred Once to that event.

Actions:

  • De/Activate selection tools
  • Activate rectangular selection
  • Activate polygonal selection
  • Activate lasso selection
  • Clear selection

Condition:

  • Select
  • Selection activated
  • Current selection type

Behavior:

  • Selection painter

Tip

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Actions

Activate lasso selection
Change the current selection type to lasso selection.

Activate polygonal selection
Change the current selection type to polygonal selection.

Activate rectangular selection
Change the current selection type to rectangular selection.

Clear selection
Clear the selection (Note: This action does not deslect selected objects).

De/Activate selection tools
De/Activate selection tools.

Conditions

Current selection type
Current selection type.

Select
Select objects inside the selection boundary.

Selection activated
Selection tools is activated.

Selection painter

Draw selection (SelectionTools).

No expressions for this behavior.

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