In Event Design App, click an object to select it, hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) and click to add more, or use Selection Box to drag a rectangle around many. The Properties panel shows the selected count and object type; always check it before moving, locking or deleting. A table with four chairs reports five selected objects.
Most layout accidents aren't bad edits, they're good edits applied to the wrong thing. Dragging a chair and finding the whole table came with it is a selection problem. Check what's selected, and the rest gets easy.
📺 Find and Place Catalog Objects — single, multiple and area selection, including a generated table set.
Click an object (a chair, table, sofa or any other item). You'll see an outline and transform handles on the object, and Properties will say it has one selected object and name its type. Click a different object and the type changes.
Confirm both the outline on the canvas and the panel. If what you meant to click and what's selected disagree, stop before you edit.
Click blank canvas to clear the selection. Properties returns to No object selected and the handles disappear. The objects are all still there.
[SCREENSHOT 1 — one chair selected; Properties shows one object and its type]
A table built with Table Designer (the tool that generates a table with chairs, linens (tablecloths) and place settings) is not a loose pile of objects. Click the table — or click any one of its generated chairs — and the whole set highlights. A table with four chairs reports five selected objects.
That's why you should look at the whole highlight rather than the part under your pointer. Drag a handle on that selection and the table and all four chairs move together, while separate objects nearby stay put.
⚠ If more objects moved than you expected, press Undo first, then look at the selection. Don't try to fix it with more drags.
Duplicating that selection copies the whole assembly, too.
Select one object, then hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) and click another to add it. Properties now reports two selected objects. Click the same object again with the modifier held to take it back out.
Check the count after every click. Removing something from the selection doesn't delete it.
Drag the shared handle and every selected object moves. Click blank canvas, then a single object, and it's independent again.
[SCREENSHOT 2 — two chairs selected with Ctrl/Cmd; Properties shows two selected objects]
To select many objects at once (drag a box around them), choose Selection Box on the bottom toolbar (next to the arrow-shaped Select button).
Choose Selection Box. If you were in Perspective, the editor switches to Top view for you, because the box works from above.
Start on empty canvas and drag a rectangle around the objects you want.
Release and check the outlines and the count.
Switch back to Select (the arrow) when you're done.
⚠ A wide box catches more than you meant to. A rectangle around a whole exercise selected seven objects: two loose chairs plus the five parts of a table set. If the count is higher than you expected, clear the selection and draw a tighter box.
⚠ The Select button's label says "V," but pressing V does not activate it (the shortcut is shown on the button but not wired up). After pressing V you may still be in Selection Box. Click the arrow-shaped Select button to go back to normal selection.
You clear a selection in two ways:
Press Esc, or
Click blank canvas.
Deselecting never removes anything from your plan. Click the object again to continue.
A selection is what Lock, Isolate, Focus, Delete and the transform tools all act on. In a crowded layout:
Select, check the count, then press a tool.
Use Isolate to hide everything except what you've selected, so you can tell what you've got.
Use Selection Box in Top view for bulk moves, locks or deletes.
There is no general Group or Ungroup command, so you can't merge several items into one. A multi-selection is temporary — it lasts until you click away. Generated table sets stay connected on their own. Judge the real selection before every edit.
Place two different chairs and a table set apart from each other.
Click each one. Read the type and count in Properties.
Click one chair of the table set; confirm all five parts highlight.
Drag it a short distance, then Undo.
Ctrl/Cmd-click to select the two loose chairs. Click one of them again with the modifier to remove it.
Use Selection Box around the two loose chairs. Then try a wider box and correct it.
Save, reload, and re-check each selection.
I clicked a chair and the whole table moved. It's part of a generated table set, which selects as one unit. Press Undo, then check the selection count before trying again.
My selection box grabbed too much. Press Esc, then draw a tighter rectangle. Check the count before editing.
Selection Box doesn't seem to do anything in Perspective. It works from Top view. Choosing the tool normally switches you; if you changed back to Perspective, press T.
I pressed V and nothing happened. V isn't wired up in this version. Click the arrow-shaped Select button.
Properties says "No object selected". Click an object, wall or floor on the canvas.
I can't select an object. It may be locked. See Undo, redo, delete, lock, isolate, focus, and grid.
A table built with Table Designer is a generated set that selects as one unit, so clicking any chair selects all of it: a table with four chairs reports five objects. Press Undo first, then check the selection count in Properties before trying again.
Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) and click each object to add it to the selection; Properties reports the count. For many objects, choose Selection Box on the bottom toolbar and drag a rectangle around them from Top view. Click the same object again with the modifier held to remove it.
A wide rectangle catches everything inside it. In one lesson, a box around a whole exercise selected seven objects: two loose chairs plus the five parts of a table set. Press Esc to clear the selection, draw a tighter box, and confirm the count before editing.
The Select button's label reads V, but pressing V does not activate it. You may still be in Selection Box mode afterward. Click the arrow-shaped Select button on the bottom toolbar to return to normal selection. Esc and clicking blank canvas clear the selection.
No. There is no general Group or Ungroup command. A multi-selection is temporary and lasts until you click away. Generated table sets stay connected on their own. Judge the real selection and its count in Properties before every edit, especially before moving or deleting.
No. Pressing Esc or clicking blank canvas clears the selection without removing anything from your layout; the outline and handles disappear and Properties returns to No object selected. Removing one object from a multi-selection does not delete it either. Click the object again to continue.