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AutoCAD LT - Select objects by color?

CalypsoArt — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:46:28 GMT

I've received a drawing where all the objects are on the same layer but in different colors. Is the some sort of "select all objects of XXX color". I don't really know how to use "Filters" or how they would work for selecting all objects of the same color.

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Re: Select objects by color?

rkmcswain — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:49:45 GMT

Use the QSELECT command.

Re: Select objects by color?

pendean — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 20:08:34 GMT

SELECTSIMILAR command an option? It's right there in your right-click menu as an option. Make sure SELECTSIMILARMODE variable is set to capture what you want first.

Look up usage in HELP.

Re: Select objects by color?

CalypsoArt — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 20:10:36 GMT

Thanks. I knew their had to be commands for this.

Re: Select objects by color?

quentin.andreotti — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:24:23 GMT

hello,

Quickselect selects only objects that are set to a specific color. If different layers have for instance magenta as color, and those object's color is set to "bylayer", I can't select them by doing a quickselect choosing color as property and magenta as value.

So how can I do this?

thanks

Re: Select objects by color?

pendean — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:37:11 GMT

@quentin.andreotti If QSELECT does not work for you, you can use FILTER command that is even more customizable, which can also be used while in a command if you save your selection options https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIh9ki6EAVA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQMibyONwNY

Also consider SELECTSIMILAR command after modifying SELECTSIMILARMODE to suit your needs.

Re: Select objects by color?

quentin.andreotti — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:14:07 GMT

FILTER is too complicated to select every objects of a color. And not even sure it can.

SELECTSIMILAR with SELECTSIMILARMODE set to 1 (colour) does not select object color inherited "BYLAYER". So if I use the command on a object that have its color inherited by its layer, autocad select every object of color set to "BYLAYER" which are every object in my drawing.

Re: Select objects by color?

cadffm — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 17:33:07 GMT

Hi,

with Filter it is easy to select all objects with one or a list of colors!

You need more experience to use this command, thats all.

But: There is no command to select all objects which displays in a color,

all commands can only filter object data and the object data is bylayer OR (color number).

For this goal you need a tool, a program, there is no onboard solution.

A color can come by object-color, from a layer(bylayer) or by a block-structure(byblock),

or by a plotstyle(!)

Just an extra tool is able to to this selection.

Sorry , i can not offer such a tool, but for the simple <color or colorfromlayer> situation, you should be able to find one - BUT NOT FOR LT versions.

Re: Select objects by color?

pendean — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 18:42:56 GMT

@quentin.andreotti FILTER is the correct tool and is free: you just need to practice using it, it's powerful and not simplistic. The more you use it the simpler it gets.

For "simplistic" you will need to pay more for full AutoCAD then master one of the programming languages (or buy an add-on) that can do that like this tool https://apps.autodesk.com/ACD/en/Detail/Index?id=5630848263328187260&appLang=en&os=Win32_64

HTH

Re: Select objects by color?

swickert101 — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:47:16 GMT

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you.