Select with Pencil tool
I would like to use the Pencil tool as a lasso selection. So instead of drawing the selection you can create a shape of lines and when the loop is closed everything inside is selected.
I miss this when I'm sitting with irregular patterns that have lots of similar object and i would like to select a bunch of them.
Melker Molin
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Melker Molin
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I guess what Im after is the polygon mode.
Since the lasso is wa free drawn and often works good, its really hard to use with a mouse and a lot of objects that is close by.
So yes, like in photoshop where you can set out anchor points.I couldn't find it since i searched for the wrong terminology.
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Melker, this is what Lasso tool does, doesn’t it? Closing a drawn loop around something selects it.
The problem is that it select this only partially, effectively being a 'Direct Selection Lasso', and there is a request to bring back Object Lasso we once had in Illustrator you can upvote: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/44462988Another request was about giving it a polygonal mode, http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/32134375
And one more recent, to let it use the Enclosed mode, to select only objects that fall inside fully, http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/48447623
Finally, a request exists to have a Selection Brush: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/38803612Do these all fit the idea you have, or did you mean something else?
