topic Re: SELECTSIMILAR objects won't stay selected in AutoCAD Forum

SELECTSIMILAR objects won't stay selected

tsakai7RMQS — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 22:52:20 GMT

I use the selectsimilar command. Pick my object. It selects all that meet my criteria. But when I try to move or erase those objects, they are no longer selected. What am I doing wrong? It worked yesterday.

Re: SELECTSIMILAR objects won't stay selected

paullimapa — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 23:04:42 GMT

Maybe the selected objects are on a Layer that is LOCKED?

Re: SELECTSIMILAR objects won't stay selected

rgrainer — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 03:19:19 GMT

This happens to me all the time (recently with 2025) . Select similar is working fine for a while and then for some reason, it stops working. Nothing to do but save and exit. Open Acad again and lo and behold, Select similar is back to working. Until it doesn't. Rinse and repeat.

Re: SELECTSIMILAR objects won't stay selected

paullimapa — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 03:52:44 GMT

have you installed 2025.1 update?

Re: SELECTSIMILAR objects won't stay selected

Valentin_CAD — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:31:40 GMT

@tsakai7RMQS ,

@tsakai7RMQS wrote:
I use the selectsimilar command. Pick my object. It selects all that meet my criteria. But when I try to move or erase those objects, they are no longer selected. What am I doing wrong? It worked yesterday.

Try the suggestions from this link:

Objects do not stay selected when entering a command in AutoCAD

@rgrainer ,

@rgrainer wrote:
This happens to me all the time (recently with 2025) . Select similar is working fine for a while and then for some reason, it stops working. Nothing to do but save and exit. Open Acad again and lo and behold, Select similar is back to working. Until it doesn't. Rinse and repeat.

Check you meet the system requirements, and those in the link below: