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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS)
- Enter Coordinates to Specify Points
- Use Dynamic Input
- Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps)
- Restrict Cursor Movement
- Combine or Offset Points and Coordinates
- Specify Distances
- Extract Geometric Information from Objects
- Use a Calculator
- Create Objects
- Select and Modify Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Overview of 3D Modeling
- Create Solids and Surfaces from Lines and Curves
- Create Solids
- Create Surfaces
- Create Meshes
- Create Wireframe Models
- Add 3D Thickness to Objects
- Modify 3D Models
- Create Sections and Drawings from 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Overview of Annotations
- Scale Annotations
- Overview of Scaling Annotations
- Set Annotation Scale
- Create Annotative Objects
- Display Annotative Objects
- Add and Modify Scale Representations
- Set Orientation for Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Tables
- Dimensions and Tolerances
- Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
- Use Dimension Styles
- Set the Scale for Dimensions
- Create Dimensions
- Modify Existing Dimensions
- Add Geometric Tolerances
- Work with Annotations
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups
- Reuse Named Page Setups
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Set the Plot Area of a Layout
- Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout
- Set the Plot Scale for a Layout
- Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout
- Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout
- Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout
- Print or Plot Drawings
- Overview of Plotting
- Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter
- Specify the Area to Plot
- Set Paper Size
- Position the Drawing on the Paper
- Control How Objects Are Plotted
- Preview a Plot
- Plot Files to Other Formats
- Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Collaborate with Others
- Render Drawings
- Draw 2D Isometric Views
- Add Lighting to Your Model
- Materials and Textures
- Render 3D Objects for Realism
- Glossary
- Index
To help you differentiate between locked and unlocked layers, you can do the
following:
Hover over an object to see whether a lock icon is displayed
Dim the objects on locked layers
NOTE Grips are not displayed on objects that are on locked layers.
Select Objects by Properties
Use object properties or object types to include objects in a selection set, or
to exclude them.
To quickly define a selection set based on specified filtering criteria, use
Select Similar (SELECTSIMILAR) to select similar objects of the same type
based on specified matching properties
AutoLISP function SSGET to create a custom selection filter
With object selection filters, to filter your selection set based on color, linetype,
or lineweight, consider whether these properties are set to BYLAYER for any
objects in your drawing. For example, an object may appear red because its
color is set to BYLAYER and the layer color is red.
By default, objects of the same type are considered similar if they are on the
same layer, and, for blocks and other referenced objects, have the same name.
Subobjects are only considered at the object level. For example, when a mesh
vertex is selected, SELECTSIMILAR selects other mesh objects, not just the
mesh vertices.
See also:
Customize Object Selection (page 226)
Work with Layers (page 115)
Customize Object Selection
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
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