It is sometimes easier to select objects if we use an irregular polygon instead of the standard rectangular selection. And it is very easy to do.Català - Castellano - Deutsch
When yo have a drawing with a lot of objects sometimes selection multiple objects becomes tedious because using the rectangular selection window might select a lot of objects that we do no want to select.
The solution is to select using an irregular shaped polygon. This option, generally unknown is very easy to access. When AutoCAD prompts us to select objects, we enter CP and click enter. This will trigger the "Cross Polygon" mode, which means that instead of a rectangular selection window, we will use an irregular polygonal one. See this quick video to see this option in action.
It is one of those options that it is unbelievable how many of us didn't know about it. Remember Socrates, "all I know is that I know nothing".
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Hi... I do that but it doesn't copy to a different sheet... is there another trick?
ReplyDeleteI'm able to CP select either by typing CP in the Select or Copy command, but once my items are selected and I press enter they just get deselected :( what am I doing wrong?
How to I get out of CP? I cannot get the rectangle shape back.
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