---
title: "selectByType"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Shogun18/13668017/selectByType"
format: markdown
---
# Description

This command enables you to identify and select all the objects of a named type or types in your scene.

Using no options deselects all other objects first, then selects only the named types.

selectByType provides the ability to do things like:

- Select all solvers to activate or deactivate them,or
- Select all constraints to reset them, or
- Select all bones to cutKeys and clear the animation from them.

## Functional area

Selection

# Command syntax

## Syntax

|  |
| --- |
| `selectByType [-a] [-r] [-childOf string]` |

### Arguments

| **Name** | **Type** | **Required** | **Comments** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Type` | string | yes | The type of module to select. |

### Flags

| **Name** | **Flag arguments** | **Argument type** | **Exclusive to** | **Comments** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `a` | 0 | — | r | — |
| `r` | 0 | — | a | — |
| `childOf` | 1 | string |  | Only selects modules that are children of this module name. |

> Macro (scroll-pagebreak)

## Return value

void

## Examples

```plaintext
// These commands select all the Bone modules in your 
// scene, and then remove all the animation from those modules 
// resetting the skeleton(s) to the base pose.
selectByType Bone;
cutKeys -all;
```

# Additional information

## Related commands

- [select](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668009)
- [selectabilityOn](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668007)
- [selectBranch](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668005)
- [selectByName](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668025)
- [selectByPart](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668021)
- [selectBySide](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668019)
- [selectChildren](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668043)
- [selectParent](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668059)
- [selectSet](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668147)
- [selectTree](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13667959)
- [setPrimary](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668662)