Getting Started
To select more than one part, do one of the following:
- Click mouse button 1 on one of the parts you want to select, then hold
down the Ctrl key and click mouse button 1 on each additional part you want to
select. Remember, the last part selected is the primary part, or the
anchor around which sizing and alignment operations take place.
- Click and hold mouse button 1 on a part. Then move the mouse
pointer over each additional part you want to select. After you have
selected all the parts you want, release mouse button 1. This is
generally referred to as a swipe select.
- Note:
- Swipe selection is not supported on Windows platforms.
If several parts are selected, the last one selected has solid selection
handles indicating that it has primary selection. The other
selected parts have hollow selection handles.
The part with primary selection is important when performing operations
such as part sizing and alignment. For these operations, a part's
primary selection indicates that the part is the anchor for other
selected parts which are to be aligned or sized. In the following
example, Push Button 1 is the primary part.

- Note:
- When multiple parts have been selected, the information area displays
*Multiple selection*.
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