topic Betreff: xref hatching interferes with object selection in AutoCAD Forum

xref hatching interferes with object selection

thomas_schluesselberger — Mon, 13 May 2024 06:28:31 GMT

Hello!

I have a problem:

When i want to select objects to stretch via a selection window, it often happens that it interferes with one of the xrefs.

The xrefs often have hatchings or other objets which disturbs while making the first point of a selection window.

I have attached a video in which I want to stretch the line or move the circles. I can only use the selection window if I either don't make the first point within the hatching, or I make sure that I click between the hatching lines.

Betreff: xref hatching interferes with object selection

cadffm — Mon, 13 May 2024 06:37:07 GMT

Hi,

if you are using the implied windowing (PICKAUTO bit1), Acad detects an object in your APERTURE, so the object-PICK method is active.

If you would tell Acad that you want to use a Window- or Cross selection, it would work as you need.

Try it: When Acad ask for Object selection, type-in W<enter> and try your window selection again.

Betreff: xref hatching interferes with object selection

thomas_schluesselberger — Mon, 13 May 2024 06:49:00 GMT

Hi!

Thanks, so this fixes my problem when using move or other commands where i select the wanted objects entirely.

But it does not work for an stretch command. Because when streching i only want to select the end of the line which should get streched and with this method objects only get selected when they are selected completely.

Or is there a fix for this?

Betreff: xref hatching interferes with object selection

cadffm — Mon, 13 May 2024 07:03:59 GMT

Hi,

learn about object selection methods

object snaps

view and ucs handling

These are basic skills which are in use in all tasks.

Stretch just some points of an object need a cross or crosspolygon selection,

the short is C or CP

[F1]

SELECT (Command)

Ignore the command, but the Object selection methods are explained there.

Betreff: xref hatching interferes with object selection

thomas_schluesselberger — Mon, 13 May 2024 07:58:30 GMT

It's crazy that i'm using AUTOCAD five years now and never heard of this selection methods. 🙂

I always just used the normal object selection the individual commands give you.

Thanks a lot!

Betreff: xref hatching interferes with object selection

cadffm — Mon, 13 May 2024 08:12:21 GMT

Some commands offering a <Pick>selection only, but for the most you can use all object selections you like.

FENCE

WindowPolygon

Group (if you are using groups)

Last

...

And SUBobject selection

A lot methods.

Re: xref hatching interferes with object selection

steve_MonkeyFlow — Mon, 13 May 2024 12:44:28 GMT

Try setting the OSNAPHATCH variable to 0.

AutoCAD will then ignore hatches when snapping - remember to switch back to 1 when you need to snap to hatches!

Re: xref hatching interferes with object selection

thomas_schluesselberger — Mon, 13 May 2024 12:48:25 GMT

Thanks for you suggestion, but the snapping wasn't the problem.

Betreff: xref hatching interferes with object selection

Kent1Cooper — Mon, 13 May 2024 13:07:22 GMT

@cadffm wrote:

Some commands offering a <Pick>selection only, but for the most you can use all object selections you like.

FENCE

WindowPolygon

Group (if you are using groups)

Last

Previous

...

And SUBobject selection

A lot methods.

[Except that for this topic's STRETCH command specifically, either Crossing or Crossing-Polygon selection is required. Or Lasso, but you can't type in an initial for that to avoid its grabbing a Hatch pattern that you must pick in the middle of, the way you can type in C or CP.]