Multiple selection sets

[mhupp]

Is there a better way to do this? only want to make one manual selection for two or more Selection sets.

Currently I am using the following.

 

(if (setq SS (ssget)) ;Basic ssget to select everything
  (progn
    (if (setq SS1 (ssget "_P" '((0 . "LWPOLYLINE,CIRCLE") (8 . "layer") (410 . "Model")))) ;first selection 
      *do stuff
    )
    (vl-cmdf "_.Select" SS "")  ;is their a visual lisp of this command
    (if (setq SS1 (ssget "_P" '((0 . "LWPOLYLINE,CIRCLE") (8 . "diffrent layers") (410 . "Model"))))  ;second selecion
      *do other stuff
    )
  )
  (prompt "\nNothing Selected")
)

 

[confutatis]

(if (setq SS (ssget)) ;Basic ssget to select everything
 (if (setq SS1 (ssget "_P" '((0 . "LWPOLYLINE,CIRCLE") (8 . "layer") (410 . "Model")))) ;first selection 
  *do stuff
  (if (setq SS1 (ssget "_P" '((0 . "LWPOLYLINE,CIRCLE") (8 . "diffrent layer") (410 . "Model"))))  ;second selecion
   *do other stuff
  )
 )
 (prompt "\nNothing Selected")
)

 

Edited October 10, 2021 by confutatis

[Lee Mac]

I would suggest the following approach - acquire a selection set representing the union of the two sets and then use a conditional statement when iterating over the set:

(if (setq s (ssget '((0 . "LWPOLYLINE,CIRCLE") (8 . "Layer,Different Layers") (410 . "Model"))))
    (repeat (setq i (sslength s))
        (setq i (1- i)
              e (ssname s i)
        )
        (if (wcmatch (cdr (assoc 8 (entget e))) "Layer")
            (progn
                ;; Do something
            )
            (progn
                ;; Else do something
            )
        )
    )
)

 

Edited October 10, 2021 by Lee Mac