Here is another trick that works very well with 3D geometries in combination with the methods Ivar outlined:
Orient your 3D object so that the lower order objects you want to select (points, edges, faces, subdomains) are all on one side. In addition to free rotate, zoom etc take advantage of the xy, yz or zx orientation tools on the right.
Here comes the trick. Now click the orbit/pan/zoom arrow (the clockwise curved arrow icon near the top of the icon list on the left hand side) to de-activate it. When you do this, you can draw a 2D box around the objects you want to select.
Downside: This is geometry dependent and doesn't work if the objects you want to select are not substantially located on one side in a given orientation. However, in combination with other methods this has saved me a lot of time by eliminating the need to select the objects one by one.
When you are done remember to activate the orbit/pan/zoom arrow again to recover the mouse default function in 3D modeling.
Good luck
Ozgur
Orient your 3D object so that the lower order objects you want to select (points, edges, faces, subdomains) are all on one side. In addition to free rotate, zoom etc take advantage of the xy, yz or zx orientation tools on the right.
Here comes the trick. Now click the orbit/pan/zoom arrow (the clockwise curved arrow icon near the top of the icon list on the left hand side) to de-activate it. When you do this, you can draw a 2D box around the objects you want to select.
Downside: This is geometry dependent and doesn't work if the objects you want to select are not substantially located on one side in a given orientation. However, in combination with other methods this has saved me a lot of time by eliminating the need to select the objects one by one.
When you are done remember to activate the orbit/pan/zoom arrow again to recover the mouse default function in 3D modeling.
Good luck
Ozgur