select

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by TheoL., Dec 6, 2004.

  1. TheoL.

    TheoL. Guest

    Hi,

    And now a simple one...I have troubles using the SELECT command!
    I type SELECT then....something(L,P, etc) but I don't know how to use the "highlighted" objects after this. It seems like all the other commands are inactive before I exit the SELECT command and lose everything that was selected. So I thick the question is...how do I use the SELECT command?

    Thanks!
     
    TheoL., Dec 6, 2004
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  2. TheoL.

    Tracy W. Lincoln Guest

    On the next command (e.g.: MOVE) when the command prompt asks you to select
    objects, simply put in a P[enter] for Previous... as in Previously SELECTED
    objects.
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    Tracy W. Lincoln, Dec 6, 2004
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  3. TheoL.

    TheoL. Guest

    Thanks Tracy!
     
    TheoL., Dec 6, 2004
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  4. TheoL.

    Tom Smith Guest

    Tracy's right of course.

    For background, this command goes way back, long before there was such a
    thing as noun/verb selection. It allowed you to build a complicated
    selection set without having a command active. Nowadays, you can use implied
    windows/crossings, shift-pick, and so forth to accomplish the same thing,
    and the set remains active.

    IMHO it's really an obsolete command, I rarely have occasion to use it
    anymore.
     
    Tom Smith, Dec 6, 2004
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  5. TheoL.

    TheoL. Guest

    Thanks Tom,
    you are right about the SELECT command however the "previous" and "last" options are still useful
     
    TheoL., Dec 8, 2004
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