Description

Selects a portion of a hierarchy.

The selectBranch command selects the members of a hierarchical branch. The command continues to select children down or up a branch hierarchy until it reaches the end or beginning of a chain, or a new branching.

Functional area

Selection

Command syntax

Syntax

selectBranch node1 node2 ....[-a] [-r] [-u]

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Comments
`node(s)`	string	yes	String name of node(s) to operate on.

Flags

Name	Argument type	Exclusive to	Comments
`a`	—	r	Adds to the current selection in the scene
`r`	—	a	Removes from the current selection in the scene
`u`	—	—	Selects all modules up the chain until it runs into a new branch

Return value

void

Examples

// This command adds all members of the left arm chain below 
// and including the lclavicle to the current selection.
// The same applies to the left thigh and below.
selectBranch -a lclavicle lfemur;