At the Select Objects
prompt, you can select one or more objects individually.
Use the Pickbox Cursor
When the square pickbox cursor is in position
to select an object, the object is highlighted. Click to select
the object.
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 example shows two lines and a circle
that lie within the pickbox.
If selection preview is turned on, you can cycle
through the objects by rolling over the object on top to highlight
it, and pressing and holding Shift and then pressing Spacebar continuously.
When the required object is highlighted, left-click to select it.
If selection preview
is turned off, hold down Shift + Spacebar and click to cycle through
these objects, one after the other, until the one you want is selected.
Press Esc to turn off cycling.
Remove Selection from Objects
Remove
objects from the current selection set by holding down Shift and selecting
them again.
To select a single object
- At the Select Objects prompt of any command,
move the rectangular pickbox cursor so that the object that you
want to select is highlighted.
- Click the object.
The object you selected is highlighted.
- Press Enter to end object selection.
NoteIf the PICKFIRST
system variable is set to 1 (noun-verb selection), you can select
objects before entering a command.
To change the size of the
pickbox cursor
- On the Selection tab, under Pickbox Size,
move the pickbox size slider until the pickbox is the size you want
to use.
- Click OK.
To cycle through objects
for selection
- At the Select Objects prompt, hold down
Shift + Spacebar. Click as near as possible to the object you want.
- Keep clicking until the object you want
is highlighted.
- Press Enter to select the object.
NoteIf selection preview
is turned on, you can cycle through the objects by rolling over
the object on top to highlight it, and pressing and holding Shift
and then pressing Spacebar continuously. When the required object
is highlighted, left-click to select it.
To remove selection from
objects
- Hold down Shift. Click the objects that
you want removed from the selection set.
CommandsPROPERTIES
Controls properties
of existing objects.
SELECT
Places selected objects
in the Previous selection set.
System Variables3DSELECTIONMODE
Controls the selection
precedence of both visually and physically overlapping objects when
using 3D visual styles.
HIGHLIGHT
Controls object highlighting;
does not affect objects selected with grips.
LEGACYCTRLPICK
Specifies the keys for
selection cycling and the behavior for Ctrl+click.
PICKADD
Controls whether subsequent
selections replace the current selection set or add to it.
PICKAUTO
Controls automatic windowing
at the Select Objects prompt.
PICKBOX
Sets the object selection
target height, in pixels.
PICKDRAG
Controls the method
of drawing a selection window.
PICKFIRST
Controls whether you
select objects before (noun-verb selection) or after you issue a
command.
