You can control several
aspects of selecting objects, such as whether you enter a command
first or select objects first, the size of the pickbox cursor, and
how selected objects are displayed.
For
commands that use the Select Objects prompt, you can
Enter a command first, and then select
objects
Select the objects first, and then enter
a command
You can also choose
Whether objects to be selected are previewed
during selection
Whether selected objects are highlighted
How you define selection areas and how
you create selection sets
Select the Command First
When you use an editing command, a Select Objects
prompt is displayed and the crosshairs is replaced with a pickbox.
You can respond to the Select Objects prompt in various ways:
Select objects one at a time.
Click an empty area. Drag the cursor
to define a rectangular selection area.
Enter a selection option. Enter ? to
display all selection options.
Combine selection methods. For example,
to select most of the objects in the drawing area, select all objects
and then remove the objects that you do not want selected.
Enter 'filter to
use a named selection filter. The apostrophe runs the command transparently.
Select Objects First
You can use one of two methods to select objects
before starting a command:
Use the SELECT command,
and enter ? to display all selection options.
All objects selected are put into the Previous selection set. To
use the Previous selection set, enter p at the Select
Objects prompt of any subsequent command.
When noun/verb selection is turned on,
select objects at the Command prompt before entering a command such
as MOVE, COPY, or ERASE. With this method,
you can only select objects by clicking them individually or by
using automatic selection.
Enter qselect to filter
the selection. Then enter p at the Select
Objects prompt of any subsequent command.
Highlight Objects to Be
Selected
Objects
are highlighted when the pickbox cursor rolls over them, providing a
preview of which object will be selected when you click.
When you specify an area to select multiple
objects, the background of the area becomes transparent.
These selection previewing effects are turned
on by default. You can turn them off or change the appearance of
selection previewing (Options dialog box, Selection tab). When the PICKBOX system variable
is set to 0, selection previewing of objects is not available.
Control the Appearance
of Selected Objects
By default, selected objects are displayed with
dashed lines. You can increase program speed by setting the HIGHLIGHT system variable
to 0. Turning off selection highlighting does not affect grips
on selected objects.
Set Up Default Selection
Methods
Options
on the Selection tab of the Options dialog box control default selection
methods:
Use selection previewing and selection
area effects to preview selection.
Select objects before entering a command
(noun-verb selection) or after entering a command. (PICKFIRST)
Press Shift to append objects to the
selection set. (PICKADD)
Click and drag to create a selection
window. Otherwise you must click twice to define the corners of
a selection window. (PICKDRAG)
Start Window or Crossing selection automatically
when you click an empty space. Otherwise, you must enter c or w to
specify window crossing selection. (PICKAUTO)
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