topic Re: Selection Cycling in AutoCAD for Mac Forum

Selection Cycling

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:34:03 GMT

How can cycle through selections in Mac?

In the Windows version it is easy with Shift-Spacebar, but in Mac it doesn't work.

And I don't understand what the command "SELECTIONCYCLING" can do to solve this problem.

Thanks

Re: Selection Cycling

maxim_k — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:08:09 GMT

Look trroug this article: Selection Cycling Through Overlapping Objects in AutoCAD For Mac

And be sure to set SELECTIONPREVIEW=3 before using Selection Cycling.

In AC 2012 shortcut CTRL+W for toggle Selection Cycling seems doesn't work, but Selection Cycling with SHIFT+Spacebar works regardless of Selection Cycling state.

Everything should work.

Maxim

Re: Selection Cycling

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:28:42 GMT

Thank you for your quick response. It was helpful!

Especialy to set the SELECTIONPREVIEW to 3 made the difference.

Martijn

Re: Selection Cycling

chriscai96 — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:38:04 GMT

Hello!

I'm having some problems with Selection Cycling

I would like to pick between two different objects but nothing happens

Different variables of systems are in these values:

SELECTIONPREVIEW = 3
SELECTIONCYCLING = 2
LEGACYCTRLPICK = 2

Re: Selection Cycling

maxim_k — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 15:40:32 GMT

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hi Cristhian,

Do you follow the advices from the blogpost I mentioned?

https://macacad.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/selection-cycling-through-overlapping-objects-in-autocad-for-mac/

Maxim

Re: Selection Cycling

chriscai96 — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 16:04:04 GMT

Hi Maxim,

Yes i followed them

But nothing happened

Re: Selection Cycling

maxim_k — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 16:42:39 GMT

Did you turned on Selection Cycling with Ctrl +W shortcut?
Do you see CC icon near crosshairs when you hover over intersect objects?

Maxim

Re: Selection Cycling

chriscai96 — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 16:46:35 GMT

Yes

Re: Selection Cycling

maxim_k — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 18:25:30 GMT

It is little bit tricky, here how it works on my side:

Maxim

Re: Selection Cycling

Angie_guy25 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:40:37 GMT

Hi. I also tried all the discussion here but it did not work in my CAD LT Mac. I also made sure the crtl+W is turned on still unable to have a way to select on multiple layer overlapping. What I am currently doing one by one I send to back in Order. Hoping I can use the fastest way in this case.