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Selection with Object Snap

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:38:08 GMT

Hi, I want select this area;

But standart selection mode does not snap to any point. I want the cursor snap to the corners of rectangle. I looked everywhere but i couldnt find any solution. Is this possible?

Thanks!

Re: Selection with Object Snap

chriscowgill7373 — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:18:38 GMT

issue the command first, then when it asks you to select the window, you can use W to start window selection mode, then issue end and select the two points of the rectangle.

or if you just want to select the objects, issue the SELECT command, then W to select the window.

Re: Selection with Object Snap

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:35:57 GMT

if i run select command and then run W; the cursor doesnt snap to corner of rectangle. i want to when selection, cursor snap to corner of rectangle.

Re: Selection with Object Snap

Kent1Cooper — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:02:57 GMT

True -- for whatever reason, Object Snap doesn't work within object selection, in the SELECT command or other editing command, even for defining a selection window, even after explicitly calling for the Window or other similar selection option.

This has come up before, fairly recently. I'll leave it to you to Search for it. I don't remember whether anyone came up with an answer.

It could also be done by asking the User to select the boundary [what kind of object is that?] and feeding in its vertices [if it's a Polyline] in a (ssget) function -- if there's a solution in the other thread(s), it may be done that way.

Re: Selection with Object Snap

GrantsPirate — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:15:32 GMT

The running object snap won't work but, as mentioned in another post, start select, W, endp, pick, endp, pick will work just fine.

Re: Selection with Object Snap

chriscowgill7373 — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 20:39:52 GMT

W gets everything included within the bounds of the rectangle, if you want stuff that crosses the rectangle use C

Here is a screencast I recorded:

https://autode.sk/2ImOiKm

Re: Selection with Object Snap

Kent1Cooper — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 20:55:10 GMT

@GrantsPirate wrote:

The running object snap won't work but, as mentioned in another post, start select, W, endp, pick, endp, pick will work just fine.

That's the one thing I hadn't tried -- explicitly calling for, i.e. spelling out, ENDpoint [or other] Osnap at the point where it's asking for the Window corners. It doesn't seem like that should be necessary, but at least it does work.

Re: Selection with Object Snap

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 21:02:33 GMT

i just watched your video. when i was trying select -> c, snap doesnt work. but in your video, you can snap the corners. i dont get it. what is the difference? (before you ask, yes object snap is working)

Re: Selection with Object Snap

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 21:05:16 GMT

I found it. I didnt use the end command (select -> c -> end (select the corner) and end (select another one). Thank you very much guys. This is the solution.