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■ Whether selected objects are highlighted
■ How you define selection areas and how you create selection sets
Select the Command First
When you use an editing command, a Select Objects prompt is displayed and
the crosshairs is replaced with a pickbox. You can respond to the Select Objects
prompt in various ways:
■ Select objects one at a time.
■ Click an empty area. Drag the cursor to define a rectangular selection area.
■ Enter a selection option. Enter ? to display all selection options.
■ Combine selection methods. For example, to select most of the objects in
the drawing area, select all objects and then remove the objects that you
do not want selected.
■ Enter 'filter to use a named selection filter. The apostrophe runs the
command transparently.
Select Objects First
You can use one of two methods to select objects before starting a command:
■ Use the SELECT command, and enter ? to display all selection options. All
objects selected are put into the Previous selection set. To use the Previous
selection set, enter p at the Select Objects prompt of any subsequent
command.
■ When noun/verb selection is turned on, select objects at the Command
prompt before entering a command such as MOVE, COPY, or ERASE. With
this method, you can only select objects by clicking them individually or
by using automatic selection.
■ Enter qselect to filter the selection. Then enter p at the Select Objects
prompt of any subsequent command.
Highlight Objects to Be Selected
Objects are highlighted when the pickbox cursor rolls over them, providing
a preview of which object will be selected when you click. When you specify
an area to select multiple objects, the background of the area becomes
transparent.
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