Switch Between Dialog Boxes and the Command Line Also, for batch processing of drawings AccoreConsole or AutoCAD.IO is much more suited and does not have the limitation of dialogs popping up during processing. I havent figured out how to get my print dialogue box as a layout element (i don't even know when did i make it disappeared or how) and its driving me crazy. Im using Autocad for mac 2012. Thanks a lot.
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Picking drawing elements in AutoCAD can be frustrating, especially if you have a complex drawing. You can see (most of) AutoCAD tools options on command line or dynamic input. Like this polyline tool for example. You can see it’s options: arc, halfwidth, length, undo, and width. But do you see the options for selecting drawing elements? AutoCAD selection tool has options that you can use, but somehow, Autodesk just decided not to show them.
Let’s explore about this tool, from very basic knowledge that you might already know, to the hidden options! Pick Single You can pick single object when AutoCAD ask you to select objects. Advertisement - Article continues below 2. Window You can define a window selection by clicking at two points. Click first point on the left side, and 2nd point on the right side. This will select all elements inside the window.
This action will select: (dotted circles are the selection) If you pick your points right then left, then it will be cross window selection (will be explained next). This two are the default window selection. If you want to activate window selection, type W then enter. Type it when AutoCAD ask you: select objects Even you pick points from right then left, it will be window selection.
Cross Window Basically if your window selection defined from right to left, then it will be cross window selection. It will select all elements inside and touching the window.
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This action will select: You can override to activate cross window selection by typing C then enter. Fence You can select drawing elements by defining ‘a fence’ that touched objects you wanted. Just type F then enter to activate it. After you finish defining your fence, press enter to select. This action will select: 5.
Window Polygon This option behave as window selection, but you can define unlimited points for that window. Just type WP then enter to activate it. All elements inside the window will be selected. This action will select: 6.
Crossing Polygon Similar to cross window selection. CP This action will select: 7. Touching Objects When AutoCAD ask you to select object, type ‘FS then enter. We use ‘ for transparent use.
Pick your object, then all objects touching it will be selected. Select objects: ‘FS Use ‘FSMODE to control chain selection. FSMODE = OFF Select touching object: 3 object(s) found. 3 found, 7 total Select objects: Exiting Fastsel FASTSEL is an express tool. So if you don’t have express tools installed, it might not work. This selection is controlled by FSMODE system variable.
FSMODE = OFF (default), it will select objects touching your picked object only. FSMODE = ON, it will select objects touching it, and all objects touching them too. Cycle Overlapping Objects If you have many overlapped drawing elements or close to each other, and you are too lazy to zoom in, you can cycle between them by pressing shift + space. Hold your shift key, and press space several times until you found your object. Release your keyboard key, then click your mouse. Select Previous Selection or Last Object Did you ever want to select your previous selection?
Easy, just type P then enter when AutoCAD ask you to do selection! What about last object created? Either the last drawn or result from modify operations such as copy. Type L then enter! Remove/Add Sometimes it’s easier to select all elements then remove some of them from your selection set. You can do this by holding shift and select object you want to exclude.
OR, you can type R then enter to switch to remove mode. To activate add objects, type A then enter. Lasso selection This feature is introduced in. You can click and hold your left mouse then drag the pointer to make a lasso selection. Similar to window and crossing polygon, but you don’t need to type anything to activate this mode!
If you drag your pointer first to the right, it will be a window selection. But if after the first click you drag it to the left, it will be crossing window selection.
Like you see below. Bonus: Undo Selection Here is a bonus option. You can undo your last object selection by typing U enter while your selection set is still active. This only undoing your last selection.
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You may want to go see about and for more advanced ways. You can watch all the techniques in this video. Or watch it on YouTube:. About Edwin Prakoso. Hi Edwin, I found your paper on Acad selection very informative and relative to a problem that just seemed to happen to my authorised version of 2008 2 days ago. As an example of how it used to operate, to trim a line (1) that was touched by two joining lines (2 &3), I could select trim from toolbar, left click lines 2&3, right click to confirm then left click on line 1 and it would cut 1 between 2&3.
The setting changed itself to not remember line 1 after line 2 is left clicked so I can reproduce the Read more ».