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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - Find the Information You Need
- Part 1 - The User Interface
- Part 2 - Start, Organize, and Save a Drawing
- Part 3 - Control the Drawing Views
- Part 4 - Create and Modify Objects
- Chapter 14 - Control the Properties of Objects
- Chapter 15 - Use Precision Tools
- Chapter 16 - Draw Geometric Objects
- Chapter 17 - Change Existing Objects
- Part 5 - Hatches, Notes, and Dimensions
- Chapter 18 - Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Chapter 19 - Notes and Labels
- Chapter 20 - Dimensions and Tolerances
- Part 6 - Create Layouts and Plot Drawings
- Chapter 21 - Create Layouts
- Chapter 22 - Plot Drawings
- Part 7 - Share Data Between Drawings and Applications
- Chapter 23 - Reference Other Drawing Files (Xrefs)
- Chapter 24 - Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Chapter 25 - Work with Data in Other Formats
- Chapter 26 - Access External Databases
- Overview of Using AutoCAD with External Databases
- Access a Database from Within AutoCAD
- Link Database Records to Graphical Objects
- Use Labels to Display Database Information in the Drawing
- Use Queries to Filter Database Information
- Share Link and Label Templates and Queries with Other Users
- Work with Links in Files from Earlier Releases
- Part 8 - Work with Other People and Organizations
- Chapter 27 - Protect and Sign Drawings
- Chapter 28 - Use the Internet to Share Drawings
- Chapter 29 - Insert and View Markups
- Chapter 30 - Publish Drawing Sets
- Part 9 - Create Realistic Images and Graphics
- Glossary
- Index
356 | Chapter 17 Change Existing Objects
Select Objects
You have a wide range options when you need to select objects for editing
operations.
Select Objects Individually
In response to the Select Objects prompt, you can select one or more objects
individually. The objects you select are highlighted. You can also remove
selection from objects.
Use the Pickbox Cursor
You select an object by clicking it with your pointing device. The square pick-
box cursor must touch some part of the object. For example, you select a
circle by clicking its circumference rather than somewhere in its interior.
You can control the size of the pickbox in the Options dialog box, Selection
tab.
Select Objects Close Together
It is difficult to select objects that are close together or lie directly on top of
one another. The following example shows two lines and a circle that all lie
within the selection pickbox.
You can hold down
CTRL and click to cycle through these objects, one after
the other, until the one you want is highlighted. Press
ESC to turn off cycling.
Remove Selection from Objects
You can remove objects from the current selection set by holding down
SHIFT
and selecting them again. You can add and remove objects from the selection
set without limit.
To select a single object
1 At the Select Objects prompt of any command, move the rectangular pick-
box cursor so that it touches the object that you want to select.
first selected object second selected object third selected object