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>ObjectMode</H1
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>By Martin Kleppmann</I
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>     
	The geometry of a Blender scene is constructed from one or more     
	Objects: Lamps, Curves, Surfaces, Cameras, Meshes, and
	the basic objects     
	described in <A
HREF="c2384.html#mesh_modelling_basic_objects"
>the Section called <I
>Basic Objects</I
> in the chapter called <I
>Mesh Modelling</I
></A
>.     
	Each object can be moved, rotated and scaled in 
	<I
CLASS="emphasis"
>ObjectMode</I
>. For more      
	detailed changes to the geometry, you can work on the mesh of an     
	Object in <I
CLASS="emphasis"
>EditMode</I
> (see     
	<A
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>the Section called <I
>EditMode</I
> in the chapter called <I
>Mesh Modelling</I
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>     
	Once you've added a basic object via <B
CLASS="keycap"
>SPACE</B
>&#62;&#62;Add 
	menu, Blender changes into EditMode by default if the Object is a Mesh, a Curve 
	or a Surface. You can change to ObjectMode     
	by pressing <B
CLASS="keycap"
>TAB</B
>. The object's wireframe, if any, should     
	now appear pink, meaning that the object is now selected and     
	active. 
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>Selecting objects</H1
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>     
	To select an object, click it with the <B
CLASS="keycap"
>RMB</B
>.     
	To select multiple objects, hold down <B
CLASS="keycap"
>SHIFT</B
> 
	and click with the <B
CLASS="keycap"
>RMB</B
>.     
	Generally, the last object to be selected becomes the      
	<I
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>active</I
> one: It appears in light pink,      
	whereas the non-active selected objects appear purple.     
	The definition of the active object is important for various reasons,     
	including parenting. 
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>     
	To deselect the active object, click it again with <B
CLASS="keycap"
>RMB</B
>, if multiple 
	Objects are selected hold <B
CLASS="keycap"
>SHIFT</B
> to maintain the other selected. 
	Press <B
CLASS="keycap"
>AKEY</B
> to select     
	all objects in the scene (if none are currently selected) or to     
	deselect all (if one or more is selected).  
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>     
	<B
CLASS="keycap"
>BKEY</B
> activates <I
CLASS="emphasis"
>Border select</I
>. Use 
	Border select to select a group of objects by drawing a rectangle while holding 
	down     
	<B
CLASS="keycap"
>LMB</B
>. You will select all objects that lie within     
	or touch this rectangle.
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>&#13;	Border select adds to the     
	previous selection, so to select only the     
	contents of the rectangle, deselect all with <B
CLASS="keycap"
>AKEY</B
>     
	first. Use <B
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>MMB</B
> while you draw the border     
	to deselect all objects within the rectangle. 
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