NAME

select - put the IRIS in selecting mode

SYNOPSIS

C
select(numnames)
long numnames;

FORTRAN
subroutine select(numnam)
integer numnam

Pascal
procedure select(numnames: integer);

DESCRIPTION

Select turns on the selecting mode.  The viewing matrix in use when the select command is executed defines the selection window.  Alternatively, however, a viewing matrix can be constructed after selecting mode has begun.  Select and pick are identical except for the ability to create a viewing matrix in selection mode.  Numnames specifies the maximum number of names to be saved by the system. 

A name is a triplet of 32-bit numbers: an object identier, a tag in the object, and an offset from the tag.  It identifies a drawing command that intersected the selection window. 

SEE ALSO

endpick, endselect, pick, picksize

NOTE

This command can only be used in immediate mode. 

Version 2.3  —  July 04, 1985