To edit, remove, or use objects in your project, you need to select them first. There are multiple ways to select objects in the VirtualSurveyor app.


This article shows the 7 ways to select objects in your project:


Click Item(s)

In the Viewport or in the Project View, you can click on an object to select it. In addition, you can hold Ctrl and click on additional objects in the project to include them in your selection. 


Hold Shift to select a range of objects in the Layers panel.


Rectangle Select

Press and hold the Shift key and drag the cursor to select all objects that intersect with the rectangle that appears.


Area Select 

You can enable the Area Select tool in the Home tab. 

  • Within the Viewport, use left-click to draw an area around the objects you want to select. 
  • Right-click to complete the selection.


Select Within

When a boundary is selected, go to the TOOLS for Boundary tab and click on Select Within to select all the drawn objects within that boundary.


Layer Selection

Click on the layer name in the Layers panel to quickly select all objects in that layer.


Selection Box

The Selection Box exposes basic query tools. 

  • Clicking Select All, selects all the objects (even when they are not visible in the Viewport). 
  • The Selection Box then displays a summary of all your selected objects.


  • You can click on any item type in the summary to further refine the current selection to a particular type.


Multiple Selection Options with Tab

When several geometry drawings overlap, selecting the one you need can be tricky. To make this easier, simply hover your mouse over the area and press Tab on your keyboard to cycle through the available objects.


In the example illustration, a surface, breaklines, and points are all layered closely together. Press Tab once to bring up the selection list, then continue pressing Tab to move through each option until the correct one is highlighted. Then use left-click to select the highlighted option.