What is X-Ray Selection Tools?

BlenderArtists

This addon adds new box, circle and lasso selection tools that can automatically toggle x-ray shading, perform selection through with or without x-ray shading, select objects either inside or overlapping a selection area, change selection settings by changing drag direction of selection.

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Features

Selection through with x-ray shading

Selection through without x-ray shading

Selection of all overlapped edges and faces

  • Default behavior - selecting edges that are entirely inside the selection frame and faces by their centers:
  • Additional behavior - selecting all overlapped edges and faces:

Selection of objects by Contain or Overlap behavior

  • Contain - selecting objects that are entirely inside the selection frame:
  • Overlap - selecting objects that overlap the selection frame:

Toggling settings by drag direction

  • Example - Left-to-right to select overlapped objects, right-to-left to select objects enclosed by selection region:
  • Example - Left-to-right to perform default selection, right-to-left to select through: