| Tips & Techniques IntelliCAD, selection sets, grips
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To modify a multiple entities
with a single command sequence in IntelliCAD you need to create a selection set, or group
of entities on which the command will act. You can
select entities before you enter the modification command, or you can select entities when
prompted by the command.
There are numerous ways to select entities and optionally
gather them into a selection set in IntelliCAD. All the options below are presented as
choices after a command has been initiated and the command allows the selection of
multiple entities. The choices are displayed in a pop-up menu on the screen. Comments and
tips are provided as additional information.
| Selection option |
Keyboard |
Explanation |
| Select all entities |
S |
All entities in the drawing |
| Add to set |
+ |
Add one or more additional entities
to the set. Picking an unselected entity will
add it to the selection set while in the "Add" mode. |
| Subtract from set |
- |
Remove entities from the set. Picking a selected entity will remove it from the selection set |
| Previous selection |
P |
The entire previous selection set |
| Last entity in drawing |
L |
The most recently added entity |
| Window-Inside |
WI |
Entities completely included in a
rectangular selection window made with the mouse. A rectangular selection window made with the mouse moving from the left to
the right of the screen is a Window-Inside selection window by default. |
| Crossing Window |
WC |
Entities within or crossed by a
rectangular selection window made with the mouse. A rectangular selection window mad with the mouse moving from right to left
across the screen is a Crossing Windows by default |
| Outside Window |
WO |
All entities not completely
includes in a rectangular selection window made with the mouse. Not supported in AutoCAD. |
| Window Polygon |
WP |
Entities completely contained
within a polygon selection window. The
selection polygon is a free form window created by successive left mouse clicks and
completed with a Return, Space or right mouse click. |
| Crossing Polygon |
CP |
Entities within or crossed by a
selection polygon. |
| Outside Polygon |
OP |
Entities completely outside a
selection polygon. Not supported in AutoCAD. |
| Window Circle |
WC |
Entities within a circular
selection window. A selection circle is created by selecting a center point and dragging a
radius. Not supported in AutoCAD. |
| Crossing Circle |
CC |
Entities within or crossed by a
selection circle. Not supported by AutoCAD. |
| Outside Circle |
OC |
Entities completely outside a
selection circle. Not supported in AutoCAD. |
| Point |
PO |
Closed entities surrounding a
selection point. Not supported in AutoCAD. |
| Fence |
F |
Entities crossing a line or line
segments. |
| Properties |
PRO |
Entities with specific properties,
(color, layer, linetype, name, thickness, type, width). Not supported in AutoCAD. |
| Drawing Settings |
D |
Not a selection method, this option
displays the Drawing Settings dialog box open at the Coordinate Input tab with Entity
Selection settings displayed. Enables these settings to be modified during a selection
sequence. Not supported in AutoCAD. |
References are made to AutoCAD support for those
who are developing applications that need to operate with this software.
Drawing entities prior to selection.
Selected items are displayed highlighted (in a
white dashed line) by default.
Where entities are selected prior to a command
being intiated, the display of entities and the means of selection are slightly different.
The keyboard shortcut to select all entities is
Ctrl-A.
Entities can be selected by dragging
inclusion and crossing windows. Entities can be added to the selection set by clicking on
them. Selected items can also be removed from the selection set by being clicked on again.
Inclusion and crossing windows are activated simply be the direction you drag the
selection window across the drawing.
Entities selected prior to initiating a command are shown highlighted and
with grips displayed. Grips are also enabled by default.
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