
In TurboCAD Mac Pro 8, IMSI/Design has decided to create a dedicated set of woodworking modeling tools. I would find the Deep selection tool more handy if the Ambiguity palette allowed me the option to choose Groups also. I must admit I am baffled a bit by the logic of this decision as it seems to force me into the decision-making process of what selection tool to have at hand if I should want the option to select “groups” at any time. But with Select versus Deep Select, the Ambiguity palette presents different results that may throw the user off-which was clearly the case for me during this review.Ġ8 – When you select objects that have been modified within a group, the Ambiguity Selection palette pops up but the ability to select the whole group isn’t an option. As it is, the Ambiguity palette (which Architosh has commended as a feature in the past) provides choices to the user. Next, if I use Deep Select, and I select the same element, I get the Ambiguity palette again but this time the group itself is not an option. If I use the regular Select too to select a block that has a translated feature, the Ambiguity palette is provoked giving me the option of selecting the group or the translation element only. To make this a bit clearer, look at image 07 above. However, if you modify a block in some way creating a secondary feature, that provokes the Select Ambiguity palette.

Using the Deep Select tool you can choose an individual block.

When you have a group of, say blocks, you can select them as a group with the Select tool. There is also the ability to independently select and modify elements within a group.
