Selecting Hard to Reach Vertices in Blender
Channel: TGAW
Date: 2022-05-01

Greetings All!  In today's video, I share two tips for selecting hard to reach vertices. I focus on Blender, but one of the techniques I learned in TinkerCAD!

00:13 - An overview of Blender's selection features

01:29 - Tip #1 - Selecting by De-selecting What You Don't Want
This is helpful when you have an element hidden that isn't easy to click on.  You can select everything and then unselect the items you don't want.   

 (Hat Tip, my friend Kris who taught me this in a TinkerCAD class!)

04:45 - Tip #2 - Selecting with Scale
In Blender, you can temporarily resize your object to stretch it out and exaggerate height differences.  This can make it easier for you to use X-Ray mode and Box Select to isolate what you want.  When you return your object back to its normal size, Blender remembers what you had selected so you can proceed with your changes.

Related Links
Googly Eye Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRzJXmwzH9A

Peep String Art Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cnIO0ghiOM

Liv Havlin's Public Domain Monarch Butterfly Model
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:618138

Thank you for watching.  Have a fantastic day!

P.S. If you have any tips for selecting hard to reach vertices, please sure!  I would love to add to my arsenal of techniques.  :)