Select Through feature seems like it has a very narrow window of selecting what I want. Or maybe I don’t fully understand how to get the right selection. Tried it for awhile finally got it at the end. I don’t understand why that angled view worked.

I think that’s because when you use the right-click menu, you’re already selecting one of the faces. So you get a list of related faces and edges. If you click outside the menu, you’ll be in the same state as if you had used the shortcut. When you use a shortcut or the main menu, no face is selecte…

cmd/ctrl+shift+s gives you a transparent preview for select through

Select Through, also under file menu, is a preview. [image] Right Click Select Through, you get popup. [image] Labeled both the same, shouldn’t the one on File Menu be called Select Through Preview or something like Transparent View since you can’t select anything through it. So what I’m conf…

Thanks I got it now, Select Through is based on mouse location instead of face selection and whats around/near it. If your mouse is over a layer/face it’s selecting everything that is under it. Also learned that you can activate select through via menu, or keyboard shortcut and click layer/face to…

I have a recommendation. Current Popup list is kinda weird, doesn’t have any hierarchy. It’s labeled at the top but in the list at the bottom so you can select it. Get rid of the Label. [image]

Ok I have more recommendation, :smiley: More I use it I feel again something is little off. This operation makes sense getting the popup AFTER it is transparent but not before. Since now I found out Selection List is based on whats behind your mouse pointer. When you utilize the Right Click Selec…

Select Through is very finicky

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SCALEMODEL July 13, 2025, 11:48pm 8

Ok my last suggestion.

Why is this feature hidden in a right click and under Edit File Menu? Shouldn’t it live in under main ui button like here?

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Select Through is very finicky

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