The Select Objects by Name dialog box is used to select objects by their names. To show the Select Objects by Name dialog box, select Object|Select Objects by Name... The dialog box has three tabs; one each for the top, front, and side views of the model. If a particular model has no objects on a particular view of the model, the tab for that view of the model will be hidden. By default, all the objects on each view of the model will be listed in their respective tabs including hidden objects. To suppress the listing of hidden objects, uncheck the Include hidden objects checkbox.
To select objects, check the checkboxes next to their names and then click the OK button. Only objects on one view of the model can be selected at a time. The Select All, Select None, and Toggle buttons can be used to change which checkboxes are checked. Clicking the Select Names Containing: button will check all the boxes for objects contain the search term in the edit box next to the Select Names Containing: button.
See also: Search for Objects dialog box and Show or Hide Objects dialog box.
