From the course: AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 3 Editing and Organizing Drawings
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Selecting objects using windows - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 3 Editing and Organizing Drawings
Selecting objects using windows
Think about it, nearly every AutoCAD cmd asks you to select objects. By simply making more efficient selections you can significantly increase your productivity. In this lesson, we'll look at how to select entities using the window method. On my screen I have some abstract geometry. Let's say that I would like to select these red circles in the upper left corner, maybe I'd like to move them. To do that, I'll launch the Move cmd, and at the select Objects prompt, I'm going to click to the upper left of this geometry. I will then pull down and to the right, creating a window selection. I'll click to finish my window, and when I do, AutoCAD selects everything that falls completely within the boundary. I will then press Enter to let AutoCAD know I'm finished selecting Objects, and I will move these circles from the upper right corner of this square to the upper left corner. That is a standard window selection, now let's say I would like to erase these red circles in the lower right…
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