Use smart filters to compose a selection set
Using Quick Select you can specify filters, such as entity type, color, linetype or any other entity property, to compose a selection set.
After composing the filter criteria you can choose to add the matching entities to a new selection set, add the entities to the current selection set or remove them from the current selection.
Quick Select applies to the entire drawing or to a previously created selection.
Tutorial: Use Quick Select
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To create a selection set
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Click the Quick Select tool button (
) on the Properties bar.
The Properties bar mode is set to Quick Select .
The Apply to current selection set option is checked if a selection set exists.
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Click the Selection List button, to see a list of all entity types in the current drawing or current selection set (see previous step).
A list of all entities in the drawing and the number of entities of each type displays.
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Select an entity type in the list, e.g. Line .
Line properties show in the Properties Bar.
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Specify the property filters, e.g. Color , Layer and Linetype .
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(option) Specify a different selection operator for each entity property:
Click the = sign, then select an operator in the list. -
Do one of the following:
- Click the Add to new selection set button (
).
The entities that match the selected criteria are selected.
- Click the Add to the current selection set button (
).
The entities that match the selected criteria are added to the current selection. - Click the Remove from current selection set button (
).
The entities that match the selected criteria are removed from the current selection.
- Click the Add to new selection set button (
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(option) Repeat the above procedure to further refine the selection set.