Select

Menu: Modify>Select

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Initiates the select function.

 

More about entity selection

Entity Selection

When you run an edit command (which allows multiple object selection) you have to select the objects (or object) that you want to edit.

There are three ways to select objects:

Click on the entity: You can add or remove entities to your selection set by holding the Shift key while clicking on an entity. Clicking on a entity that has already been added to a selection set will remove it (if the Shift Key is pressed).

Crossing Window: Selection windows that are drawn from Right-to-Left will appear dashed indicating a Crossing window. Any entity that intersects with, or is wholly contained within, the selection window will be included in the selection set. In the example below, both the line and the circle will be added to the selection set. The circle because it is wholly contained in the Crossing window and the line because it intersects with the Crossing window.

 

Containing Window: Selection windows that are drawn from Left-to-Right will appear solid indicating a Containing window. Any entity that is wholly contained within the window will be included in the selection set. Entities that merely intersect with, but are not wholly contained within the window will by excluded. In the example below the only entity that is wholly contained within the window is the circle. Therefore it is the only entity to be added.