Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
FiGuRE 6.29
Using the Quick Properties panel to select the A-WALL layer after using
the Select Similar command to select every line on layer 0.
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As you select objects in the cabin drawing to move them onto their pre-
scribed layers, you use various selection tools. Mastering these important
tools will greatly enhance your performance as an AutoCAD user. As you
select objects by picking them and windowing them, you're building a selec-
tion set. You might want to remove objects from that selection set later.
Here is a summary of the basic selection tools that you have used so far,
with a couple of additions:
Picking
This is the basic, bottom-line selection tool. Click the line, cir-
cle, or other object to select it. If no command is running, grips appear on
the selected object and the object becomes dashed. If a command is run-
ning and you're being prompted with Select objects:, grips don't appear,
but the object is selected and ghosts (changes to a dashed appearance).
In AutoCAD you can select objects and then issue a command, or you can
issue the command first and then select the objects as directed. For instance,
whether you selected an object and then entered
E↵
, or entered
E↵
and
then selected an object, the object would be erased regardless.
Selecting a Window Automatically
To start a window, click a loca-
tion that is in an empty portion of the screen where there are no objects.
To form a regular window, move your cursor to the right. To form a cross-
ing window, move your cursor to the left. This feature is called implied
windowing, and it works this way if no command is running or if one is
running and the prompt says
Select objects:
.
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