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How to Change Silhouette Studio Selection Box Default Settings

I know I can't be the only one who's OCD starts to kick in when I select multiple shapes in Silhouette Studio and get 8683 little green rotational handles and the dimension of every single piece of the design pops up. 
Silhouette Studio, selection box settings


There's just too much going on there and I find it difficult to 'see' what I'm doing in this mode.


Silhouette Studio, selection box settings
It's easy to turn that setting off so that when multiple objects are selected each object has a box around it, but there's only one green dot.

What you want to is click the little gear at the very bottom of Silhouette Studio. This will open up the Preferences window.   In the window click Selection.

Silhouette Studio, selection box settings, preferences window


Then under the "When Many Objects Selected" category click "Single Bounding Box."  Be sure to click Apply or your selections won't save.

Silhouette Studio, selection box settings, when many objects selected, single bounding box


By doing this, when you select multiple shapes, you'll now get this result instead of the above.

Silhouette Studio, selection box settings, when many objects selected, single bounding box



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11 comments

  1. SonflowerJuly 23, 2015 at 10:21 AM

    THANK YOU!!! This is such a big help.

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  2. JanzJuly 24, 2015 at 6:58 AM

    Thank you. Great help.

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  3. KattieJuly 24, 2015 at 9:28 AM

    Thank you!!!! I hated after the last update that it switched back to every little box! It was killing my OCD too! ;)

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  4. AnonymousJuly 26, 2015 at 3:28 PM

    Fantastic! Thanks so much.
    Judy D.

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  5. UnknownJuly 28, 2015 at 3:32 PM

    You're amazing Melissa. Thank you.

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  6. Nancy PechinskiJuly 29, 2015 at 10:50 AM

    Thank you. I find it so hard to see what I am doing with all of the extra boxes when I want to size them all together.

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  7. UnknownAugust 6, 2015 at 5:39 PM

    Is this the same as "select all" feature? If not, please explain. Thanks in advance.

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    1. DezinesByEMAugust 9, 2015 at 10:31 PM

      Hi Tricia,

      It's a little different. If your preferences are not set to a single bound box, when you select all, each item still has a green dot. I noticed mine was already defaulted to single but when I changed it to multiple, no matter what, there where many green dots (multiple bounding box).

      Mike
      https://www.etsy.com/shop/DeZinesbyEM

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  8. linda from arizonaNovember 8, 2015 at 10:52 AM

    Thanks so much. That was driving me crazy!

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  9. kReNAugust 6, 2016 at 7:04 AM

    This is so great to know. This beginner really appreciates this tip!

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