Selection and grip settings

ON: The selection set is extended if you select additional entities. Press and hold the Shift key to remove entities from the selection set.

OFF: You cannot add entities to a selection set. The newly selected entity or entities replace the existing selection set. However, if you press and hold the Shift key, you can add entities. If you select an entity that was already selected while pressing the Shift key, this entity is removed from the selection set.

Controls automatic window selection (inside or crossing) when selecting entities.

The value is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the selected options.

negative: Disables window selection, saving current value.

1 = draws a selection window if the mouse is over a blank area of the drawing when clicked.

2 = draws a selection window if the mouse is over an entity when dragged.

The default size of the Pick Box is 3.

ON: Allows you to define a selection window by dragging: press and hold the left mouse button to define the first corner of the rectangle, then move the mouse to define the size of the selection window and release the mouse button to define the opposite corner.

OFF: Define the selection window by clicking two opposite corners.

ON: Allows you to first compose a selection set, then launch a modification command.

OFF: You must first start the command, then compose the select entities.

Controls the selection of groups and associative hatches.

0 = No group selection, nor associative hatch selection.

1 = Group selection: if a member of a selectable group is selected, all members of the group are selected.

2 = Associative hatch selection: the hatch and its boundary are selected, no matter what is picked: the hatch or the boundary (not supported yet).

3 = Group selection and Associative hatch selection.

Controls when entities highlight when the cursor hovers over them:

0 = never;

1 = when no commands are active;

2 = when a command prompts for entity selection;

3 = both, when no commands are active and when a command prompts for entity selection.

When the QUAD cursor menu is active, SELECTIONPREVIEW is neglected, unless a command prompts for entity selection.

Controls which entity types are excluded from selection previewing.

The options are:

Entities on locked layers

Entities in Xrefs

Tables

MText entities

Hatches

Groups

Specifies the highlight method:

0 = dashed lines

1 = use different color

2 = use thickened line

3 = use different color and thickened line.

Defines which subentities should highlight in selection preview.

The variable is stored as a bitcode using the sum of the values of all selected options.

Click the buttons on the Selection Modes toolbar to set the value of SELECTIONMODES. A pressed button indicates the option is selected.

1 = Enable detection of 3D solid edges ()

2 = Enable detection of 3D solid faces ()*

4 = Enable boundary detection ().

Controls whether closed boundaries in XY-plane of the current coordinate system or on the face of 3D solids highlight when no commands are active.

The BOUNDARYCOLOR system variable specifies the color for highlighting detected boundaries.

* Hold down the Ctrl key to invert the status of the Select Faces option: if ON it is possible to select 3D solids, if OFF it is possible to select solid faces.

Repeatedly pressing the Tab key, while keeping the cursor at the same position, highlights all included subentity types one by one.

See also Window Selection.

The value of GRIPS can be 0, 1 or 2.

0 : No grips.

1 : Display grips. Polyline endpoint grips.

2 : Display grips. Polyline endpoint and midpoint grips.

Default value is red (index color no. 240).

Default value is blue (index color no. 150).

Default value = 4.

If set to 0 (zero), all grips are displayed.