BUILD Selection sets

[Anonymous]

I am just now switching to Civil 3D from a longtime use of LDD. I really, really love the build selection set command. I think someone else commented on the absence of it in an earlier blog. Is it still not in Civil 3D 2011? Any suggs?

[Jeff_M]

I missed it for a while (used LDD and it's predecessors for a long time).Now I don't even think about it. Things I now use:

SelectSimilar (right-click menu when you've selected something)

QuickSelect (on the Properties Palette)

FILTER - Command

[Anonymous]

Well, I sure wish they would add it to future versions. Thank you!

[Jeff_M]

Feel free to add your name and comments to the wishlist item:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-Civil-3D-Wishes/Selection-set-utility/td-p/2563826

There more people who ask for things, the more likely they are to be at least looked at.

[Hidden_Brain]

i used to be a big fan of selection set (SS command) in Land Desktop, and i have always wanted to know how i can do a selection like this without it:

select all text in layer XX, which have a ROMANS text style, a text height of 12 units, and is set to color 1.

i guess you can probably do this by one of the techniques (or combination thereof) that you mentioned before; if you can share the trick, it would be a big help.

[Jeff_M]

Using FILTER, after creating the filter (which can be saved for future use) you are prompted to make a selection. At that point ALL should select all pertinent objects.

[bf]

I'm with him....it's still not as good as the LDD build selection set..

[Jeff_M]

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@youngEIT wrote:

i used to be a big fan of selection set (SS command) in Land Desktop, and i have always wanted to know how i can do a selection like this without it:

select all text in layer XX, which have a ROMANS text style, a text height of 12 units, and is set to color 1.

i guess you can probably do this by one of the techniques (or combination thereof) that you mentioned before; if you can share the trick, it would be a big help.

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And this very soon:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-Civil-3D-Wishes/Selection-set-utility/m-p/2755066#M6291

[Hidden_Brain]

nice!! i know i will be looking forward to that!

[Sinc]

And now, it's here!

We went ahead and made the BuildSelectionSet command available in all four modules of the Sincpac-C3D, so it's available as long as you have at least one module.  (In other words, it is not part of the "free" functionality.)

[Sinc]

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@Jeff_M wrote:

I missed it for a while (used LDD and it's predecessors for a long time).Now I don't even think about it. Things I now use:

SelectSimilar (right-click menu when you've selected something)

QuickSelect (on the Properties Palette)

FILTER - Command

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This thread prompted Jeff to add the BuildSelectionSet command to the Sincpac-C3D.

At first, I was thinking like him, that with SelectSimilar and other options, there wasn't much need for BuildSelectionSet.  But now that I've had this command for a couple of weeks, I can't believe how often I've used it.  It's amazing how useful it is, even in Civil 3D.

Thanks Jeff!