topic Re: MATCH PROPERTIES in AutoCAD Forum

MATCH PROPERTIES

dzukowski4Z8L3 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:00:21 GMT

I use the match properties command all the time, typically it's regarding the entities within the current drawing space.

I will select the first entity to copy from, then select the entity i want to copy to. My issue is that the cursor wants to grab the nearest entity before I get to select the item to copy to, typically an xref'ed drawing. How can I change the settings to NOT select the xref's or at least wait until I completely stop my cursor before it tries to select the second item?

Re: MATCH PROPERTIES

dmfrazier — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:06:37 GMT

"My issue is that the cursor wants to grab the nearest entity before I get to select the item to copy to, typically an xref'ed drawing."

Do you mean that objects are being changed before you actually select them?

Do you have Selection Preview turned on?

If this is not it, please try to illustrate the issue.

Re: MATCH PROPERTIES

Kent1Cooper — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:08:19 GMT

Read about the SELECTIONPREVIEW System Variable -- a different setting may be your answer.

Re: MATCH PROPERTIES

dzukowski4Z8L3 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:28:05 GMT

Yes, selection preview is turned on. It wants to highlight the nearest entity before I get to the entity I want to match properties to. Most of the time it wants to highlight an xref, which takes a long time to highlight. I understand there are 4 possible settings for SELECTIONPREVIEW. I will try them and see if they help. i don't want to set it to zero, I just would like to not highlight xrefs.

Re: MATCH PROPERTIES

dmfrazier — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:33:34 GMT

In Visual Effect settings you can filter out XRefs. But I'm not sure if the issue is that the visual effect is on or if it's actually the Property preview that's the issue.

Re: MATCH PROPERTIES

dzukowski4Z8L3 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:01:35 GMT

Visual effects? do you mean VISUALSTYLES or is this something else?

Re: MATCH PROPERTIES

dzukowski4Z8L3 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:03:25 GMT

Nevermind, found it in OPTIONS

Re: MATCH PROPERTIES

dzukowski4Z8L3 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:12:08 GMT

I shut off XREFS in the OPTIONS/SELECTION/VISUAL EFFECTS tab and now it working faster. Don't know if I call it a solution yet. I will play with it more in the coming weeks.

Thanks to DMFrazier and KENT1COOPER for the suggestions.