Selecting entities

Manipulation commands, such as MOVE, COPY and MIRROR prompt you to select one or more entities. If the PICKFIRST variable is ON, you can also compose the selection set before launching the command.

BricsCAD® provides several selection methods. You can combine selection methods to compose a selection set.

Selecting entities one by one

  1. Move the cursor over the entity.

    The entity highlights.

    The Quad appears and displays the most recently used command and a selection of the entity properties.

  2. Do one of the following:
    • Click to select the entity.
    • Repeatedly press the Tab key to highlight obscured entities and click when the desired entity highlights.
  3. Repeat the previous steps to select more entities or launch a command.

Selecting multiple entities

BricsCAD® uses window selection methods to select multiple entities:
  1. Click to define the corner of the selection rectangle.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Move the cursor to the right. A blue rectangle is displayed. The circle inside the rectangle icon indicates that all entities completely inside the selection rectangle will be selected.
    • Move the cursor to the left. A green rectangle is displayed. The circle overlapping the rectangle icon indicates that all entities that are either inside or that overlap the selection rectangle will be selected.
  3. Click to define the opposite corner of the selection rectangle.

Removing entities from a selection set

Hold down the Shift key when executing a selection method to remove entities from the current selection set.

Press the Esc key to clear the current selection set.