SSX Command

[succu8us]

do SSX command exist in 2007?

[lpseifert]

It works in 2008

[Cad64]

Yes, SSX has been around since R14. Command Reference List

[Strix]

oh cool - a cryptic thread

what does SSX do?

[Cad64]

SSX command

[Alan Cullen]

That's an interesting (old?) command. I wrote a small lisp recently to do much the same thing (before I knew about that one):

;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;; SELSET.LSP                CREATE A SELECTION SET WITH MULTIPLE SELECTIONS
;;==========================================================================
;;
;;START COMMAND     ..............   SELSET
;;SELECTION SET NAME..............   ss
;;TO RECOVER SELECTION SET........   !ss
;;
;;WRITTEN BY:   ALAN CULLEN          OCTOBER 2007
;;
;;-----------------------------MAIN PROGRAM------------------------------
(defun c:selset ()
 (setq test 1)
 (prompt "\n Select objects....")
 (setq ss (ssget))
 (while test
  (prompt "\n Select next set of objects....")
  (setq ss2 (ssget))
  (if (/= ss2 nil)
   (progn
    (setq number (sslength ss2))
    (setq counter 0)
    (repeat number
     (setq name (ssname ss2 counter))
     (setq counter (+ 1 counter))
     (ssadd name ss)
   ))
   (progn
    (setq test nil)
 )))  
 (prompt "\n Use !ss to recover the selection set....")
)

[CarlB]

SSX command serves primarily to filter a selection set based on object properties. Since the advent of "filter" & "qselect", SSX probably has few advantages.

Alan, as far as I could tell your routine combines 2 selections sets, & gives them a variable name that can be retrieved for use in another command.

[Alan Cullen]

Thanks, Carl, but only one selection set called ss. It was a quick and dirty to help a member a little while ago. I've never actually used it. Old habits die hard, so I still use (setq ss (ssget)).

[SLW210]

SSX is an Express Tool, if you have Express Tools loaded you should have it. It is command line only.