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Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:45:19 GMT

A while ago I found out you can deselect something from your current selection set by holding down the shift key and clicking on it. This was a pretty useful tool...but then it randomly stopped working today for me. Any ideas as to why this might have happened?

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

Alfred.NESWADBA — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:49:27 GMT

Hi,

verify the PICKADD variable, is it set to 2 or another value.

Also interesting might be if you have Map3D or Civil3D, because then you have a command _MAPIOPTIONS and in the dialog ==> 2nd tab you also have a option for how <Shift><Click> works.

- alfred -

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:55:03 GMT

Checked the PICKADD variable--it was set to 1 and I changed it to 2, which didn't solve the problem.

I actually am using Civil 3D and I tried pulling up that dialog but I can't find the option you're talking about. What are the texts for the tab and for the option?

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

rkmcswain — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:05:22 GMT

See if one of these is perhaps the problem.

http://cadpanacea.com/node/14

http://cadpanacea.com/node/230

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Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:08:19 GMT

Thanks rkmcswain! It turned out changing things in MAPIOPTIONS (which is different from MAPOPTIONS, which is what I mistakenly read the command Alfred posted as, which explains my previous confusion, BTW) didn't do anything to help, but turning the "Shift+Left click image select" option off in IOPTIONS did the trick for me.

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

patpat79 — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 10:02:58 GMT

It is indeed the IOPTIONS.... well that works for me...

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

Anonymous — Thu, 16 May 2019 16:48:07 GMT

This worked for me too! Thanks

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:23:31 GMT

Worked for me too, with the caveat that the command is now "IOPTIONS" and not "MAPIOPTIONS." Thanks for the help, rkmcswain!

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

rkmcswain — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 00:51:58 GMT

@Anonymous - when I type in IOPTIONS, the command line changes it to MAPIOPTIONS, which is still documented.

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

Alfred.NESWADBA — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 07:03:58 GMT

Hi,

>> when I type in IOPTIONS

Do you have RasterDesign installed?

- alfred -

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:49:43 GMT

this fixed the issue for me in civil3D

thank you!

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

FilipBednarski — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:17:00 GMT

Helped me in 2021 (AutoCAD 2017). Thanks!

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cadffm — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:58:40 GMT

No rasterdesign installed?

Is it the case also with a simple line object?

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2015-can-not-shift-click-to-deselect-a-solid-surface-or/td-p/5014708

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dain.synhorst — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:54:52 GMT

I have rasterdesign, but I had run both IOPTIONS and MAPIOPTIONS to get this to work. When just doing one or the other commands shift-click-delsect still does not work. In other sense I had unselect Shift+Left Click Image Select in IOPTIONS and MAPIOPTIONS. (Civil 3D 2022)

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

safavi_maryam — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 02:17:35 GMT

Worked for me too

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Frank_EganVKZC5 — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 20:37:47 GMT

I have raster and tried the IOPTIONS and it didn't work.

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

Amy.taylor — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:16:04 GMT

Currently working in AutoCAD 2023, with Raster Design installed. C3D 2023 installed but not open.
IOPTIONS works for me (Raster Design perhaps?), but MAPIOPTIONS does not (Civil 3D perhaps?).
Either way, I'm glad for this post.

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

jbraddy2 — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:32:56 GMT

deselecting it in "ioptions worked for me" but deselecting it from "mapioptions" did not. Thanks for clerifying the difference!

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

ThreadRed — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 18:37:19 GMT

I just had the same issue. I found out that I had an image on a turned off layer that's causing issues with deselecting objects.

Re: Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

jchristiansenMAY4G — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 19:44:05 GMT

Thank you for this. I tried the MAPIOPTION and it didn't work. Using just IOPTION, it worked.