Selection with Filters

Overview

Selection of objects based on type, Layer, color, Linetype, or Textstyle and combination of all these or selection of their opposites.

This feature allows you to filter and select objects in your drawing based on specific properties, making it easier to work with complex drawings.

Selection filters dialog interface

Same as Selection [pick]

Select an object on screen and then all similar ones regarding Layer, Color, Ltype, Textstyle, size, scale, etc.

This option allows you to quickly select all objects that share the same properties as a selected reference object.

Select Opposites

The opposites of whatever selections you make in the dialog are selected.

This is useful when you want to select everything except objects with certain properties.

All

All checkboxes are selected.

The use of this option serves cases where you need most of the dialog options and only need to disable a few.

Clear

All selections (checkboxes) are deactivated.

Use this to start with a clean slate when defining new selection criteria.

Object Types

Select one or more object types.

You can choose from various object types including LINE, SPLINE, TEXT, and others to filter your selection.

Text, Mtext, Arctext, Attribute Selection with Phrase Search or Block by Name

Text, Mtext, Arctext: After selecting these objects, you can distinguish only those containing specific phrases.

Attribute: After selecting Blocks that have Attributes, you can distinguish only those containing specific phrases.

Block: After selecting Blocks, you can distinguish some based on their names.

Selection by Layer

Select one or more Layers to participate in the selection.

You can also use Wildcards e.g. Iso***, Wall#@, etc.

When selecting more than one Layer, they are separated by comma ",".

Selection by Color

Select a color that the objects to be selected will have.

This filter selects objects based on their color property.

Selection by Linetype

Select one or more Linetypes to participate in the selection.

You can also use Wildcards e.g. Ax*** etc.

When selecting more than one Linetype, they are separated by comma ",".

Selection by Textstyle

Select one or more Textstyles to participate in the selection.

You can also use Wildcards e.g. GR*** etc.

When selecting more than one Textstyle, they are separated by comma ",".

Text Phrase Search

If you have set the "Text with phrase search" option, the above tab opens.

You can write what the phrases of the Texts to be selected will contain. Different phrases are separated by comma ",".

Text phrase search dialog

Help

All phrases contained in the selected Texts are displayed. Each time you open this tab, the phrase you select is added to the selection.

Text phrase selection help

Info

Opens the tab below where examples of Wildcards usage that you can use in the phrases you are searching for are listed.

Wildcards usage information

Block Name Search

If you have set the "Block with name search" option, the above tab opens.

You can write what the names of the Blocks to be selected will contain. Different names are separated by comma ",".

Block name search dialog

Help

All names of the selected Blocks are displayed. Each time you open this tab, the name you select is added to the selection.

Block name selection help

Info

As above (Wildcards information).

Attribute Phrase Search

If you have set the "Attributes with phrase search" option, the above tab opens.

You can write what the phrases of the Attributes to be selected will contain. Different phrases are separated by comma ",".

Attribute phrase search dialog

Help

This field is inactive for Attributes.

Info

As above (Wildcards information).

Object Selection Options

The object types and other settings you have selected are displayed for your information.

You can select the area containing the objects or "all". From what you select, only those that have the above properties will be distinguished.

As in most SDBOX and AutoCAD commands where you select objects with "Select objects", you have the following options:

• All: All drawing objects are selected and those that present the selected properties are automatically searched.
• F: Fence: You define lines and only objects intersected by them are selected.
• WP: Window Polygon: You define a polygon and objects located inside it are selected.
• CP: Cross Polygon: You define a polygon and objects within it and those intersected by the polygon sides are selected.
• G: Group: You select a Group which you have defined with the AutoCAD Group command.
• A: Add: You add points to your selection. This option is default and should only be used after selecting Remove.
• R: Remove: You remove points from your selection.
• P: Previous: Points you selected during the last command that had "Select objects" are selected.
• U: Auto: This option differentiates the selection method with 2 points (BOX) as follows: When selecting with "rectangle" from left to right, only objects completely within the rectangle are selected, while from right to left, intersected objects are also selected.
• S: Single: The selection capability ends after you select the first object.