2010 Selection difficulties

[Bob]

Dear group,

 

When trying to select entities with a window or crossing polygon (and hitting enter) there are no grips showing to indicate that the selection has been completed even though the entities seem to be highlighted. Syntax: select, enter, wp, enter (draw polygon), enter.

 

I am a part time user of this wonderful program and only recently moved to 2010 and yet I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. I have Googled and looked in my texts and still am having difficulty (also attempted to search FAQ on this site but the link malfunctioned). I apologise for such a basic question but does anyone have any clues please as I am slowly going nuts.

 

Cheers Bob

[ReMark]

Options > Selection tab > enable Show Grips. Click Apply or OK and you're done.

[Bob]

Thanks ReMark,

 

I looked at the setting you suggested and all seems ok. I did omit (from my thread) that I can select the entities that I want with a crossing window with no problem. Whatever my problem is I anticipate it is really stupid on my part, but is nonetheless still frustrating.

 

Cheers,

 

Bob

[rkent]

Since Grips didn't solve your issue maybe you want HIGHLIGHT set to 1.

[Bob]

No, highlight was not the issue.

 

I have drawn a large number of entities on the wrong layer and wish to select them to move to the correct one.

 

By using "select" and a window polygon I am able to pick the entities to be moved. However, the entities, although

they are highlighted do not have grips (and the layer drop down menue is greyed out and will not accept selection).

It is as if AutoCad is waiting for another input to complete the selection process. After the window polygon is

pulled around the entities, and they are highlighted, upon hitting enter autocad returns to the state where it

was prior to issuing the select command.

 

Surely it is not the case that you either pick individually or on mass with a crossing window and then work through and

deselect those entities you do not require?

 

cheers,

 

Bob

[nestly]

If the objects highlight, but the grips don't appear, that sounds like they're on a locked layer.

 

If you can post a sample drawing, I'm sure someone can diagnose it in short order.

[Jack_O'neill]

This won't solve the grips issue, but you could change the layer of your objects using the format painter too.

 

The select command acts as any other command in that it does not turn the grips on, it merely highlights the selected object. For example, if you enter "erase" and pick objects, it doesn't turn on the grips either. However if you pick the objects without issuing a command Autocad turns the grips on. I don't know if you can make it turn grips on while in a command.

[Bob]

Thanks Jack,

 

I am perhaps seeing the "select" command as perhaps being a hangover from something in earlier releases of Autocad that still remains up until release 2010, or perhaps I am attempting to use the command for something other than what it was designed to do?

 

If you use "select" and then say a wp to pick the entities, escape back to the command prompt, and then invoke a move command, enter "P" and hit enter you can specify a base point and move the selected entities. It seem that it does not matter what is done you can not enable grips with this command. If grips are not displayed then you cannot change layers in the layer drop down menu.

 

While trying to understand my problem I think I read somewhere that release 2011 will enable grips from the select command, which is what I would like to do.

 

If someone has further comment to add then it would be appreciated, though I feel that this thread is about done.

 

Thank you to all.

 

Cheers Bob.

[Jack_O'neill]

The oldest version I have here is 2007 on another machine. It doesn't do it either. When I do the sequence that you describe in the second paragraph, I get a return that there is no previous selection set. If you select, then grab your entities, and then enter, the command ends and it sees those objects as a previous selection set, but hitting escape cancels the command and clears the set.

 

As far as I can remember, no command has ever enabled grips. The whole purpose in having grips was to allow you to edit objects without entering commands.

 

I can't remember if 2004 had the format painter, I think it did. On the tool bar, it's icon looks like a paintbrush. Clicking it enters the "matchprop" command. If you pick it (or type it in), then it will ask you for a source. Pick an entity with the layer and linetype you wish the others to be, then select the objects you wish to change using any of the usual methods.

 

Does 2004 have "qselect"? If it does, that may be the command you were looking for. It will allow you to pick certain criteria in a dialog box and it does turn grips on. You can filter for color, layer, linetype, all sorts of stuff. You can even filter for just lines or just circles or just text. Anything in the drawing matching the criteria is selected and grips turned on.

[Bob]

Thanks Jack,

 

I will look at your suggestions and work on these. It is nice that you have confirmed that what I have attempted to do (and thought was possible) is not, and that it is not just me or my settings. I have upgraded my profile to reflect that I have now moved to the 2010 version. Thank you, thank you all.

 

Cheers,

 

Bob

[Jack_O'neill]

Any time Bob. Have a good Sunday!