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See also:
■ Finding Records in a Database Linked to Drawing Objects (page 1221)
■ Querying Objects from Attached Drawings (page 1235)
For more information about AutoCAD layer definitions, please refer to the
AutoCAD Help.
NOTE This procedure applies only to drawing objects. For information on selecting
geospatial features, see
Searching For and Selecting Features (page 1214).
To select drawing objects using Quick Select
1 Verify that you have drawing objects in your map.
2 Enter the QSELECT command.
3 In the Quick Select dialog box, under Apply To, select Entire Drawing or
the current selection set (if one exists).
To select a group of objects to which you want to apply the filtering
criteria, click Select Objects.
4 Under Object Type, select a single object type if the objects you want are
all one type. Otherwise, select Multiple.
5 Under Properties, select the property to use for selection.
For example, to find red objects, select Color.
6 Under Operator, select the appropriate operator.
For example, to find red objects, select Equals.
7 Under Value, select the appropriate value.
For example, to find red objects, select Red.
8 Under How to Apply, select Include in New Selection Set to create a new
selection set composed only of objects that match the filtering criteria.
Select Exclude From New Selection Set to create a new selection set
composed only of objects that do not match the filtering criteria..
9 Click OK.
In this example, all red objects in the drawing are selected. Objects that
are set to BYLAYER and are red because the layer color is red are not
included in the selection set.
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