topic Re: Two Items Selected, but only One Moves in AutoCAD Forum

Two Items Selected, but only One Moves

ShetEE — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 22:02:17 GMT

In my drawing, I click and drag to select two items. I then use the move gizmo to move them. Only one items moves.

These two items are in two layers, but neither layer is locked. I am sure that both are selected. This is very repeatable. It seems to only happen when I'm zoomed out a bit. After the move, I can zoom in and see that both are still selected. I can then make another move without reselecting anything, and they both move.When I type M for the move command, this issue doesn't seem to exist.

In different words. I click and drag to select item A and item B. I confirm that both are selected. I use the gizmo to move them in x by +10. When I click at the new location, I see only A has moved to X+10. B is left behind at x0, but still selected. I zoom in closer. I use the gizmo on these two items again without making a new selection. I move them in x by another +10. Now A is at x+20 and B is at x+10.

I've attached a screen grab showing during the actual move command, prior to selecting a second point. The two original pieces are on the right with A on bottom, B on top. You can see both are selected. When I use the gizmo to move in X, you see only item B is moving.

If it's important, I am using Autodesk AutoCAD 2019 on Windows 10.

Update:

After reviewing my post and image, I see that the gizmo is doing a stretch and not a move. This might be my issue. Now, can someone explain why it's changing to Stretch when zoomed out?

Re: Two Items Selected, but only One Moves

jayhar — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 06:49:43 GMT

Kindly Short Your Question please.

set PICKADD <2>.

Quit AutoCAD and starting it again.

Re: Two Items Selected, but only One Moves

Kent1Cooper — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:26:17 GMT

If by "use the gizmo" you are talking about grip-editing, pick a grip and hit ENTER, and it will go into Move mode, and both will be moved.

Re: Two Items Selected, but only One Moves

ShetEE — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:21:18 GMT

Hey, that did it! I thought that the grip was explicitly called the gizmo.

Can you tell me why the zoom level changes which mode it starts in?

Re: Two Items Selected, but only One Moves

ShetEE — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:54:52 GMT

I've seen people complain of insufficient information, so I thought a more detailed question would be better.

PICKADD is already set to 2. This should not be the culprit anyway, as I'm selecting both items simultaneously with a selection window. Is that a fair statement?