Select

Option

Description

Select entities to include in set

Chooses entities to add to the selection set; use one of methods listed below. As you add entities to the selection set, the program highlights them with dashes, as shown below:

ALL

Selects all entities in the drawing, except for those on frozen layers.

Add and +

(Used after the Remove option.) Adds additional entities to the selection set; prompts you:

1. Select entities to include in set - add one or more entities to the selection set
2. Select entities to include in set - enter an option:

• Add more entities to the selection set
• Enter another selection option, such as Remove
• Press Enter to end the command

Remove and -

Removes entities from the selection set; as you remove entities from the selection set, the program unhighlights them Prompts you:

1. Subtract entities from selection set - select one or more entities to remove from the selection set
2. Subtract entities from selection set - enter an option:

• Select more entities to remove from the selection set
• Enter another selection option, such as Add
• Press Enter to end the command

Previous

Add the entities from the previous selection to the current select set, and then continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

Last

Adds the last entity drawn to the selection set, and then continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

Window

Selects all entities that are entirely inside a rectangular selection window; prompts you:

1. First corner of inclusive window - specify the first point of the selection rectangle
2. As you move the cursor, the program draws a rectangle filled with transparent blue
3. Opposite corner - specify the other corner

All entities fully within the rectangle are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

Crossing

Selects all entities that are inside of and cross a rectangular selection window; prompts you:

1. First corner of crossing window - specify the first point of the selection rectangle with a pick point or x,y coordinates
2. As you move the cursor, the program draws a dashed rectangle filled with transparent green
3. Opposite corner - specify the other corner.

All entities inside the rectangle and crossing it are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

Outside

Selects all entities fully outside a rectangular selection window; prompts you:

1. First corner of crossing window - specify the first point of the selection rectangle with a pick point or x,y coordinates
2. As you move the cursor, the program draws a dashed rectangle
3. Opposite corner - specify the other corner.

All entities fully outside the rectangle are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

WPolygon

(Windowed polygon)

Selects all entities fully inside a polygonal selection window; prompts you:

1. First vertex of inclusive polygon - specify the first point of the selection polygon
2. Next vertex - specify the next point
3. As you move the cursor, the program draws the outline of a polygon filled with transparent blue
4. Next vertex - pick another point, or else press Enter to close the polygon

All entities fully within the polygon are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

CPolygon

(Crossing polygon)

Selects all entities inside and crossing a polygonal selection window; prompts you:

1. First vertex of crossing polygon - specify the first point of the selection polygon
2. Next vertex - specify the next point
3. As you move the cursor, the program draws the outline of a dashed polygon filled with transparent green
4. Next vertex - pick another point, or else press Enter to close the polygon

All entities inside the polygon and crossing it are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

OPolygon

(Outside polygon)

Selects all entities fully outside a polygonal selection window; prompts you:

1. First vertex of outside polygon - specify the first point of the selection polygon
2. Next vertex - specify the next point
3. As you move the cursor, the program draws the outline of a polygon
4. Next vertex - pick another point, or else press Enter to close the polygon

All entities fully outside the polygon are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

WCircle

(Windowed circle)

Selects all entities fully inside a circular selection window; prompts you:

1. Center of circle - pick a center point or specify x,y coordinates
2. As you move the cursor, the program draws the outline of a circle filled with transparent blue
3. Radius of circle - specify a radius by picking or entering a value

All entities fully within the circle are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

CCircle

(Crossing circle)

Selects all entities inside and crossing a circular selection window; prompts you:

1. Center of circle - pick a center point or specify x,y coordinates
2. As you move the cursor, the program draws the outline of a dashed circle filled with transparent green
3. Radius of circle - specify a radius by picking or entering a value

All entities inside the circle and crossing it are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

OCircle

(Outside circle)

Selects all entities fully outside a circular selection window; prompts you:

1. Center of circle - pick a center point or specify x,y coordinates
2. As you move the cursor, the program draws the outline of a circle
3. Radius of circle - specify a radius by picking a point, or entering a value

All entities fully outside the circle are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

Box

Selects entities depending on the direction you move the cursor:

• Right to left - Box acts like Crossing mode; see Crossing mode
• Left to right - Box acts like Window mode; see Window mode

POint

Selects all closed entities surrounding the pick point, such as all walls of a room; prompts you:

Point to locate entity around - specify a point inside closed objects

All closed entities outside the pick point are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

Fence

Selects all entities that cross the fence selection lines; prompts you:

1. First point of fence - specify the first point of the selection line
2. Next vertex - specify the next point
3. As you move the cursor, the program draws a dashed polyline 
4. Next vertex - pick another point, or else press Enter to close the polygon

All entities crossing the fence line are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

AUto

Selects entities depending on how you use the cursor:

• Pick an entity - the entity is selected
• Pick two points right to left - Auto acts like Crossing mode; see Crossing mode
• Pick two points left to right - Auto acts like Window mode; see Window mode

All entities selected by one of these three modes are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

Multiple 

Should select entities without highlighting them during this selection mode in order to speed up entity selection in complex drawings, but entities are nevertheless highlighted by the program.

All entities selected during this mode are added to the selection set; the command continues with the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt.

Single

After you select a single entity, the command ends; prompt you:

1. Select entities to include in set - press s
2. Select entities to include in set - pick a single entity, and the command ends

Previous

Reuses the entities selected with the previous selection.

Properties

Selects entities based on their properties; prompts you:

Select by properties - enter an option name.

In some cases, you can enter * to specify all entities with the property; separate more than one property value with a comma.

• Color - prompts you to enter a color name or number
• LAyer - prompts you to enter one or more layer names, or * for all 
• LType - prompts you to enter one or ore linetype names, or * for all 
• Name - prompts you to enter one or more entity names, or * for all
• THickness - prompts you to enter a value for the thickness
• TYpe - prompts you to enter one or more entity types (such as line, circle, arc, and so on), or * for all
• Value - prompts you to enter one or more values, or * for all
• Width- prompts you to enter a value for the width of entities
• Handle - prompts you to enter a value of a handle, a hexadecimal number that uniquely identifies each entity in the drawings; the List command reports handle numbers
• LOcation - returns to the 'Select entities to include in set' prompt
• Dialog - displays the Entity Selection section of the Settings dialog box

For the panel version of this option, see the QSelect command.

Dialog

Displays the Entity Selection section of the Settings dialog box:

PICKAUTO - controls automatic inside or crossing window selection:

• 1 - entity under the cursor is selected
• 2 - start window selection even when the cursor is over an entity 

PICKBOX - sets the size in pixels of the small square attached to the crosshairs; entities highlight when when captured by the pickbox.

PICKDRAG - controls the method for window selection:

• 0 - click to start the window, then pick a second point
• 1 - press and hold the left mouse button, then move the mouse and release the mouse button 

PICKFIRST - controls whether commands accept an existing selection set.

• 0 - existing selection sets are ignored when a command is launched
• 1 - commands which prompt to select entities can use an existing selection set

Undo

Undoes the last action during this command.

Group

Add a group to the selection set; prompts you:

Enter group name - type the name of a group; see the Group command