pick
List of: Glossary Items
Subjects: Picking
Contents: Glossary

A graphical pick uses the mouse cursor and buttons to identify (pick) an entity that is displayed in a viewport, and return that entity's id to the program for further processing. It is the primary way for a user to identify some displayed object of interest to the software.
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