Use selection handles to make picking easier

You can create selection handles to represent an object or group of objects. Picking the selection handle picks the objects it represents.

If you are constantly working on separate objects that share a confined space, or objects inside groups, or deeply nested groups, picking and unpicking the objects can become tedious.

Selection handles can help you solve these kinds of problems.

When picked, the selection handle picks the object or group it was assigned to when it was created.

A selection handle is labeled with the name of the object or group it picks, so you can tell them apart.

You can move a selection handle anywhere it the scene, away from the object or group it picks.

Create a selection handle

1 Pick the object or group the selection handle will pick.

If you pick more than one object or group, StudioTools will create separate selection handles for each.

2 Use the control panel or the information window to give the object or group a meaningful name.

The selection handle will be labeled with the name of the object or group it picks. To make it easier to remember what the selection handle picks, give the object or group a descriptive name before you create the selection handle.

3 Choose Animation > Create > New selection handle.

Move a selection handle

1 Pick the selection handle (using Animation > Pick > Selection handle) or its target object.

2 Choose Animation > Tools > Move selection handle.

3 Use the mouse or keyboard to move the handle.