Solved: Pesky Selection Box appears when selecting a line

Anonymous · ‎05-11-2011

Everytime I do a command where I have to select something, such as move, copy, etc., this pesky "selection" box comes up. This started just a couple of days ago and is annoying. Anyone know what setting I need to change to get the box to go away? Thanks!

nicolas.menu · ‎05-11-2011

Ctrl+W will toggle it ON/OFF.

This is a feature called Selection Cycling.
Hope this helps

Nicolas Menu
Support Specialist, Civil 3D
Product Support
Autodesk, Inc.

Anonymous · ‎05-11-2011

Thank you!

neilyj666 · ‎05-11-2011

It can be very useful if you have overlapping geometry though........

neilyj (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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Anonymous · ‎08-08-2013

I've also had luck with holding shift and pressing enter to toggle through overlapping geometry. I've let the selection cycling window remain for about a week now, but have decided that I prefer not to see it anymore. Holding shift and pressing the space bar is fine for me.

Anonymous · ‎01-10-2020

Thanks, that was helpful to me too

Pesky Selection Box appears when selecting a line

Pesky Selection Box appears when selecting a line

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