Click-select versus "box" select?

[Mitovo]

Hiya,

So, I actually could/should have asked this during the get together, but I didn't think to.

I've noticed that for some functions to work, you have to "click-select" a node. You can't box select it.

Lathe is an example.

Why is that? Is it something to do with how splines work? Or is it just something that was programmed that way, and remained so through all the versions?

It's not a problem. It's just as easy either way, I was just curious if there was a reason behind it.

Thanks!

[nemyax]

Box selection affects all CPs stacked at a point, and click selection affects just one of them.

[Mitovo]

Box selection affects all CPs stacked at a point, and click selection affects just one of them.

Ah okay, that makes sense. I forgot that CPs aren't like vertices on a polymesh.

 

Thanks!

[robcat2075]

I like to think that Lathe requiring that the last thing you did was select one CP is a bit of a safety measure.

[tysono_71]

I was wondering the same thing and the explanation makes perfect sense. Box select could select any CP in the box on any axis.

[robcat2075]

It is possible to box select a spline and then SHIFT-select one CP on it and do a lathe, however, this lathe will be around the pivot point of the selected group.

That is useful because, prior to the Lathe, you can move and rotate the pivot point of the group to get a Lathe that is not around the default Y axis.