Quick Select Dialog Box

Quick Reference

See Also

Select Objects by Properties

Specifies the filtering criteria and how you want to create the selection set from that criteria.

Access Methods

Button

Ribbon: Home tab

Utilities panel

Quick SelectNot available on the ribbon in the current workspace

Menu: Tools

Quick SelectNot available in menus in the current workspace

Shortcut menu: End any active commands, right-click in the drawing area, and choose Quick Select.

Command entry: qselect

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Apply To: Applies the filtering criteria to the entire drawing or to the current selection set (if one exists).

If Append to Current Selection Set is selected, the filtering criteria is applied to the entire drawing.
Select Objects: Temporarily closes the Quick Select dialog box so that you can select the objects to which you want to apply the filter criteria.
Object Type: Specifies the type of objects to include in the filtering criteria. If the filtering criteria are being applied to the entire drawing, the Object Type list includes all object types, including custom. Otherwise, the list includes only the object types of the selected objects.

If an application such as AutoCAD^® Map 3D was used to add a feature classification to an object, you can select a classification.
Properties: Specifies the object property for the filter. This list includes all searchable properties for the selected object type. The property you select determines the options available in Operator and Value.

If an application such as AutoCAD^® Map 3D was used to add a feature classification to an object, you can select a classification property.
Operator: Controls the range of the filter. Depending on the selected property, options can include Equals, Not Equal To, Greater Than, Less Than, and *Wildcard Match. *Wildcard Match is available only for text fields that can be edited. Use the Select All option to ignore all properties filters.

For more information, see Filter and Sort the List of Layers.
Value: Specifies the property value for the filter.
How to Apply: Specifies whether you want the new selection set to include or exclude objects that match the specified filtering criteria. 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.
Append to Current Selection Set: Specifies whether the selection set created by QSELECT replaces or is appended to the current selection set.

NoteQSELECT supports custom objects (objects created by another application) and their properties. If a custom object uses properties other than AutoCAD properties, the custom object's source application must be running in order for the properties to be available to QSELECT.