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SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

toolbox2 — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 10:02:51 GMT

I've set SELECTSIMILAR to select objects based on layer name alone but it's not working. It selects objects based on layer and object type.

Same with selecting by colour only. It seems to select by colour and object type.

Any ideas why this is happening?

Using AutoCAD Map 2016 (64 bit); Win 7

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

imadHabash — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 11:26:53 GMT

Hi,

just to remind you to check the settings.

Command: SELECTSIMILAR
Select objects or [SEttings]: se

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

toolbox2 — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 11:37:12 GMT

Yes, I have set the options using Settings. And double-checked by looking at the SELECTSIMILARMODE sysvar.

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

imadHabash — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 11:42:42 GMT

make sure that your objects have a BYLAYER color.if you want to post some of these objects here as CAD file sample to test it for you in our systems.

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

toolbox2 — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 11:52:41 GMT

Here you go. New drawing based on a standard AutoDesk template.

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

imadHabash — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:10:44 GMT

Hi,

if do you want to select every item carried a certain layer,then you have to try QSELECT command.

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

RobDraw — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:20:28 GMT

@toolbox2 wrote:

I've set SELECTSIMILAR to select objects based on layer name alone but it's not working. It selects objects based on layer and object type.

Same with selecting by colour only. It seems to select by colour and object type.

Any ideas why this is happening?

Using AutoCAD Map 2016 (64 bit); Win 7

What you are describing is the way it is designed to work. By selecting the object, you've already said that you want to select all similar objects. The additional settings are to modify that selection criteria. So, if you want to select all lines regardless of layer, you would tell it to ignore layers.

If you wnat to select all objects on a particular layer, there are ways to do it, but SELECTSIMILAR is not it.

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

toolbox2 — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:33:14 GMT

So, did SELECTSIMILAR not work for you either?

It's weird because I've used this command for years and not noticed a problem with it.

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

RobDraw — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 11:29:33 GMT

@toolbox2 wrote:

So, did SELECTSIMILAR not work for you either?

It's weird because I've used this command for years and not noticed a problem with it.

It's not a problem. That is the way it is supposed to work.

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

saifullahaddress — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 05:36:52 GMT

i checked but its not working in Auto CAD Civil3D.

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

sarahsarah2015 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:29:41 GMT

same here, doesnt work in civil3d

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

cadffm — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:39:35 GMT

If you have the same issue, read the message! It doesn't say it is not allowed in Civil,

but in files what saved in newer Civil versions (or with objects from such a file).

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

sarahsarah2015 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:28:16 GMT

I dont understand what you are trying to say. but here is the help of autocad civil 3d which does not work.

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

cadffm — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:42:17 GMT

You wrote to saifullahadress "same here" so I looked what saifullahadreas issue is (the image in the post above yours)

so you are talking the same issue ("same here,").

I don't understand your screenshot of adesk help documentation,

it can't explain your problem.

But as you can read in this message, what is the same on your side, because you have the same issue,

there is a reason why it won't work.

Q: Do you have the same problem (same message) or not?

If not, why don't explain your (different) issue?

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

pendean — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:42:38 GMT

@sarahsarah2015 wrote:

same here, doesnt work in civil3d...

...I dont understand what you are trying to say. but here is the help of autocad civil 3d which does not work. ...

The error message in the post you are referencing is quite clear about why it's not working

You also posted a screenshot of a command that C3D may not actually be using, there are two in C3D, here is the difference

https://cadapult-software.com/select-similar-in-civil-3d/

So now you have to find out:

1) are you actually using the correct command, and is it worth trying the other?

2) what "newer version application" last touched your DWG file to make this option not work anymore.

You probably should have been posting in the dedicated C3D forum this whole time too, but you opted not to do so. You might not quite get the correct C3D solutions you need here.

HTH

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

lylakal — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:50:25 GMT

I have same problem and does not go away with updating autocad. all select similar options are check, and select similar does not select similar.

SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

lylakal — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:51:26 GMT

I have same problem and does not go away with updating Autocad. Even all select similar options are check, and select similar does not select similar.

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cadffm — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:04:41 GMT

Hi,

Post a sample .dwg with only 2 objects (please delete all other stuff),

what should select by selectsimilar, but doesn't.

I am sure that we can point to this one problem.

Re: SELECT SIMILAR not working as expected

vladimir_michl — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:24:33 GMT

Here is an extended version of SelectSimilar which allows the "by object type" option. Plus it works also in AutoCAD LT a AutoCAD Web. See

https://www.cadforum.cz/en/selectsimilar-extended-selections-for-autocad-incl-lt-and-web-tip13878

Vladimir Michl, www.arkance-systems.cz - www.cadforum.cz

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lylakal — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:18:37 GMT

thank you very much for quick response, I found my current issue.