I dare you to solve this! When I hit F8 I enter component mode and can select components only as expected. BUT, when I enter component mode by way of the marking menu, I select components along with all other object in the selection marquee. This only happens on my home computer, not my work. I could copy my prefs but that…
Try using 2017 instead of 2016 (or try at least 2016 ext1 sp1) - it doesn't have a complete selection implementation for Viewport 2.0. Selection in VP2 suffered from various problems for a long time. The issue you faced is only one of them. For instance in 2016 on my computer I can select any template or reference meshes,…