Biggidy Posted May 21, 2012 Posted May 21, 2012 (edited) In any given shaded visual style, is there a way to select solids by their edges rather than the face? Ideally I would like to have X-Ray visual style turned on and be able to select objects in the background through objects in the foreground. This used to be possible in AutoCAD 2006, but I can't find any variable in AutoCAD 2011 to achieve this. Edited May 21, 2012 by Biggidy Quote
ReMark Posted May 21, 2012 Posted May 21, 2012 Isn't this governed by the system variable CULLINGOBJ? I think this has to be set to "0". Quote
Biggidy Posted May 21, 2012 Author Posted May 21, 2012 You would think so from it's description in the help file, however in practice I'm not getting the result, there are 2 culling variable - CULLINGOBJ & CULLINGOBJSELECTION, No combination of values between the 2 get me the result of being able to pick items in the background. Quote
ReMark Posted May 21, 2012 Posted May 21, 2012 Post a copy of the DWG file. I'm running 2012 at the moment. Quote
Biggidy Posted May 21, 2012 Author Posted May 21, 2012 It isn't in relation to a specific model, any model (of mine) is the same. In the picture below, the red box is in the foreground and the green in the background, my cursor is over one edge of the green box and the quick properties even relates to the green box, however the rollover highlight has the red box and that's the one I'll get if I try to select. Quote
Dadgad Posted May 21, 2012 Posted May 21, 2012 You should turn on SELECTION CYCLING at the bottom of your screen, next to mini properties. Quote
Biggidy Posted May 22, 2012 Author Posted May 22, 2012 2 excellent suggestions above, I don't use shortcuts in the drawing area but I did turn it on to try the Right-Click>Subobject Selection Filter>Edge - but of coarse that gives me the edge and I wanted to select the whole object. The SELECTION CYCLING works but doesn't give you grips when you select a different object from the selection list, so no good for me. Not sure what use the X-Ray view style is for if I keep having to switch back to wire frame to select an object that's behind another, perhaps it's my drawing technique? Quote
nestly Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 (edited) 3DSELECTIONMODE = 0 perhaps? Edited May 22, 2012 by nestly Quote
Biggidy Posted May 22, 2012 Author Posted May 22, 2012 3DSELECTIONMODE = 0 perhaps? That's the one, thanks all for your input. Quote
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