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Figure19.SelectSimilarSettingsdialogbox
TheSelectSimilartoolals o enables youtoselectmorethanoneobjectandcreatethematching
selectionsetaccordingly.Forexample,iftheLayerfilterisenabledandyouselecttwocircles,eachon
differentlayers,AutoCADselectsallthecirclesonbothlayers.If,instead,youselectacircle
andaline,
AutoCADselectsallthecirclesonthesamelayerastheselectedcircleandallthelinesonthesamelayer
astheselectedline.Inadditiontogeneralobjectproperties,youcanfilterselectionsbasedonobject‐
specificproperties,includingobjectstyleandreferencename.Object
Stylepropertiesapplytotextand
mtext,leadersandmleaders,dimensionsandtolerances,andtablesandmultilines.Referencenames
applytoblocksandexternallyreferencedfiles,includingxrefsandimagesaswellasPDF,DWG™,or
DGNfiles.
InadditiontothenewSelectSimilartool,anewoptionhasbeen
addedtothePICKADDsystemvariable.
WhenPICKADDissettoavalueof2(asitisnowbydefault),objectsthatyouselectusingtheSELECT
commandremainselectedina“pickfirst”stateevenafteryouendtheSELECTcommand.
Easilyselectoverlappingobjectsusingthenew
selectioncyclingfunctionality.Youcanenableselection
cyclingfromacontrolontheStatusbar.Whenyoutrytoselectanobjectthatoverlapsotherobjects,
AutoCADdisplaysalistofalltheoverlappingobjects.Asyoupassthecursoroveranobjectinthelist,
therelevantobjectinthe
drawinghighlights.
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Figure20.Selectioncyclingtool