Select project content directly from the Viewport, or use the Layers panel to select geometries and features that you want to edit, move, copy, rotate, or remove within your project. When selected, the content appears highlighted in the Layers panel and the Viewport. There are several ways to make a selection in the VirtualSurveyor app, depending on what you're trying to do.


This article walks through the most common selection methods.


Overview


Click to Select

In the Viewport or Layers panel, click a geometry to select it.


Hold Ctrl and click to add more geometries to your selection.


Rectangle Select

Select all geometries within a green rectangle area in the Viewport.

  1. Hold Shift.
  2. Click and drag to draw a rectangle around the geometries you want to select.


Area Select 

Select all geometries within a manually specified area.

  • Enable Area Select from the Home tab.
  • Left-click to draw an area around what you want to select.
  • Right-click to complete the selection.


Select Within

Select all drawn geometries within a boundary.


When a boundary is selected:

  1. Go to the Tools tab.
  2. Click on Select Within.


Select Content from Layers

You can also select all the geometries and features from the Layers panel.


Options for selecting geometries in the Layers panel:

  • Click on the layer name to instantly select all in that layer.
  • Click on one within a layer.
  • Hold Ctrl and click on multiple geometries individually.
  • Hold Shift and click to select a range of geometries.


Selection Box

The Selection Box exposes basic query tools. 

  • Click Select All to select everything (even geometries not visible in the Viewport).
    • The Selection Box then displays a summary of all your selected content.

  • Use the summary to refine the selection by feature type.


Cycle Selection Options with Tab

Cycle through overlapping geometries to quickly select the correct one. 


When multiple geometries overlap:

  1. Hover the mouse over the geometry you want to select.
  2. Press Tab to cycle through available options.
  3. Click to select the highlighted one.