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Selection methods - AutoCAD for Mac Tutorial

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Selection methods

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- [Instructor] So far, when selecting objects, we've done it one by one, clicking on each object that we've wanted to select. There are, however, a number of methods for selecting objects at the same time. Two of these, and the most common two, are known as a Selection Window and a Crossing Window. The Selection Window are always drawn from left to right, and they're identified by a blue fill in a solid line. I'm going to click and release my cursor, and then drag my cursor to the left. It doesn't matter if I move my cursor up or down. As long as I'm moving from left to right, I'll be creating the Selection Window. Selection Windows only select objects completely inside of the window that we are creating. In this case, we can see that it's only selecting the two circles, as those are the only two objects completely enclosed inside of the window. If I drag my cursor up just a little bit, if even part of the circles pass outside of my window, they will no longer be selected. The…

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