Shift+Spacebar = can't get it to work!

[bobsy852]

My AutoCAD kindly gave me a message about a handy tool in the form of

"Shift+Spacebar" to swop between overlying objects!

A handy tool i thought! I'll be needing that! So I go to test it, and it works fine to show me that there are two thing overlapping eachother and what they are etc, but I want to be able to select one of them! Particully the item that is underneath?

 

Am I missing something with how this tool works?

 

Thanks folks!

[edwinprakoso]

Can you activate cycle between object by holding ctrl and left click?

It could be the LEGACYCTRLPICK system variable has changed. Try to change it to 0.

[bobsy852]

Ctrl+left click doesn't seem to do anything when i click on 2 overlapping items?

How do I alter that variable? as it says it is an unknown command! Apolgies, I failed to mention I am using AutoCAD 2009 LT!

[qball]

hover the cursor over the objects (then the top one goes dotted), hit shift + space (bottom goes dotted), hold the cursor steady and left click select. If you move the cursor around it defaults back to the top selection.

Make sure your Options - Selection - When no command is active is checked.

Works for me in acad2010, not familiar with LT.

[bobsy852]

My options are set up like that. I have got it to work now, however in a different way to you im afriad qball.

When I hover over the items they do not go dotted, they become more obvious, kind of like being highlighted, or he linetype getting slightly larger.

 

To select the item underneath, I simply hover over the top item (pressing nothing on the mouse), Hit Shift+Space, this bring the bottom item forward, then keeping hold of space, let go of the Shift key (somehow this takes a sec for my head to get around, not a key movment I feel comfortable doing for some reason) but then I press the left mouse button whilst keeping hold of the space bar.

This then selects the item underneath.

 

It's just a way I leart through tiral an error. May work differenlty in the 2010 from the 2009 perhaps?

Thanks anyway qball!

[ReMark]

Your system seems to have more than its fair share of problems based upon the number of threads you've started. Who set it up in the first place?

[Dana W]

My options are set up like that. I have got it to work now, however in a different way to you im afriad qball.

When I hover over the items they do not go dotted, they become more obvious, kind of like being highlighted, or he linetype getting slightly larger.

 

To select the item underneath, I simply hover over the top item (pressing nothing on the mouse), Hit Shift+Space, this bring the bottom item forward, then keeping hold of space, let go of the Shift key (somehow this takes a sec for my head to get around, not a key movment I feel comfortable doing for some reason) but then I press the left mouse button whilst keeping hold of the space bar.

This then selects the item underneath.

 

It's just a way I leart through tiral an error. May work differenlty in the 2010 from the 2009 perhaps?

Thanks anyway qball!

 

Go to Tools > Options > Selection > Visual Effect Settings - There you can check off to have the objects go fat, dotted or both.

[bobsy852]

Your system seems to have more than its fair share of problems based upon the number of threads you've started. Who set it up in the first place?

 

Well it's a combination of both that I think and things like this which are simply a case of me not knowing AutoCAD as well as I would like!

Issues in some of my other topics such as the moving lines situation (www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?51472-Lines-moving-randomly)

are on my home system which I have set up but I'm struggling to find answers for.

The autosave we discussed a lot about yesterday was on my office system which is set up by the bosses IT contact, who I need to talk to really to get updates etc installed!

Half of my topics are simply me however just trying to find out how to do stuff! Apologies if I seem to be clogging up the forum, I do try and search before I post! However I find this to be one of the best places to get AcutoCAD help!

 

Go to Tools > Options > Selection > Visual Effect Settings - There you can check off to have the objects go fat, dotted or both.

 

Thanks for that! Not something I was aware of!

[ReMark]

No apology necessary. I was just commenting on the number of "issues" you seemed to be experiencing that's all. No offence meant.

[bobsy852]

No apology necessary. I was just commenting on the number of "issues" you seemed to be experiencing that's all. No offence meant.

 

lol, fair enough mate! none taken! - just didn't want to be coming across as being too irritating or anything!

I understand how it must look like I have a lot of issues, I suppose the case of using two different systems doesnt help, both with different variants od CAD on!

Also me trying to work above my skills which I learnt at University! (which were vary basic 2D skills) - every time I try do something that bit extra and get stuck i usually come here first - and more often than not get the help I need

Most of the answers are already on here though which makes things a whole lot easier and means I dont have to ask about almost everything!

[ReMark]

There's nothing wrong with pushing beyond what you already know into new material.