How do I increase a selected area in blender?

When you have a selection of vertices, edges, or faces, you can press Ctrl + NumPad + (plus sign) or Ctrl + NumPad – (minus sign) to grow or shrink the scope of the selection through the connected elements.

How do I select similar objects in blender?

Tools.
Selecting. Select Random. Checker Deselect. Select Sharp Edges. Select Similar. Face Regions. Select All by Trait. Select More/Less. Select Loops. Select Linked. Side of Active. Select Mirror.
Editing.
Properties.

How do I select the second face in Blender?

Every nth face loop:

Switch to edge select mode ( Ctrl Tab > Edge)
Select an edge loop ( Alt RMB ) going in the direction you want the edge ring selection to go.
Checker deselect (3D view > Header > checker deselect) the edge ring (you can use the F6 menu to set the number of edges to skip before deselecting one)

How do I lasso select in Blender?

Lasso select is used by drawing a dotted line around vertices or the origin of the objects, in Object Mode. To use this hold Ctrl-LMB and simply draw around the points you want to select. Lasso select adds to the previous selection. For deselection, use Shift-Ctrl-LMB .

How do I lasso select in blender?

Why can’t I select anything in Blender?

A common reason for not being able to select the object you want is that you are already in edit mode for another object. When you are in edit mode, you can only manipulate and change the geometry and data that belongs to the object that was selected when you entered edit mode.

How do you select a mesh in Blender?

Selecting things in Edit mode works just like selecting anywhere else:

Right-click any vertex to select it.
Select and deselect multiple vertices by Shift+right-clicking them.
Select large groups of vertices by using the Border Select tool (B), Circle Select (C), or Lasso Select (Ctrl+left-click+drag).