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Creating a Selection Set with Filters
Using the Build Selection Set command, you can create a selection set
by setting up object property filters to specify which objects in your
drawing you want to include in your selection set. Objects in your
current drawing that do not satisfy the filter criteria will not be a part
of your selection set.
Key Concepts
■
You can specify the object properties that you want to include in
the filter by name.
■
You can select objects in the current drawing with the object
properties that you want to include in your filter.
To filter objects by specifying properties
Steps
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1
From the Utilities menu, choose Build Selection
Set to display the Build Selection Set dialog box.
Overview of Creating a
Selection Set with Filters
2
Under Names in Drawing, click the button that
corresponds to the property type that you want to
include in your filter.
3
Select the property that you want to include in
your selection set.
4
Click OK.
5
Click Build Selection to add all the objects in the
current drawing that meet the filter criteria to the
selection set.
6
Click Apply to accept the current selection set.