AutoCAD - Zoom after selection lost object selected

[Darwin33]

When I select objects with window mode and then I zoom in the drawing, I lost all objects after zooming

Any clue?

[ The subject line of this post has been edited to include the product name by @handjonathan ]

[cadffm]

You have been working with Autocad since 93, but you have no idea about of the autocad objectselection ?Too bad.
scnr

"all the while clicking on various dimensions, lines and text."

CLICKING is no problem. You only lost objects if your selectionmode needs multiple input and in the moment of last / accept input not all wanted objects are displayed.
(Since 2017.1 this is controle by a systemvsriable)

For example: Alfred video. Window selection, in the moment of second window point not all objects are displayd .. Acad will not select offscreen objects in your 2005 version.

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For PropertiePalette have limit to handle objects.
PROPOBJLIMIT

Note: Ribbons have limit to handle selected objects.
RIBBONCONTEXTSELLIM 

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> You can fool some of the people all of the time.  You can't fool me concerning AutoCad

Nobody tries to fool someone (at least I don't try that) ... but if you look to my video and do the exact same steps, independent of AutoCAD 2008 or AutoCAD 2005, when you start a selection by window, pick the first point and then BEFORE ENDING THE WINDOW BY PICKING THE SECOND POINT pan the drawing so the first pick-point and some of the first objects that would be within the window are off the screen ... and now end the selection window by picking the second selection window point. Now objects are gripped, but only the ones that were visible on the screen when you clicked the second point.

But I'm interested to see a video from your great AutoCAD 2008 (or 2005) which shows that you found a way to to what I showed in my video, but the objects outside the display area are gripped too. If you can't then please don't call others "fooling someone".

- alfred -

[RobDraw]

Hey, smarty pants, the post is about window selection. Go blow smoke up someplace else.

[gturnageX23]

I think my Autocad 2022 issue is the same as the OP.  I first zoomed to extents so that no objects are off screen.  After QSELECTing some objects, I then ZOOM to the Objects.  That works, but the objects are deselected after the zoom executes.  Behavior is the same whether PICKADD is set to 1 or 2.  Using transparent 'ZOOM makes no difference.  All input is by keyboard.

It is easy enough, albeit more typing, to re-SELECT the Previous selection set.   However, this behavior is not as described by some posters.  I could swear that this worked without deselecting the objects just a month ago.

Does using ZOOM always deselect the selection set, regardless of whether or not the objects are visible on screen?

Thanks in advance, and for all the other great advice in these forums.

Greg

[pendean]

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@gturnageX23 wrote:

I think my Autocad 2022 issue is the same as the OP.  I first zoomed to extents so that no objects are off screen.  After QSELECTing some objects, I then ZOOM to the Objects.  That works, but the objects are deselected after the zoom executes.  Behavior is the same whether PICKADD is set to 1 or 2.  Using transparent 'ZOOM makes no difference.  All input is by keyboard.

It is easy enough, albeit more typing, to re-SELECT the Previous selection set.   However, this behavior is not as described by some posters.  I could swear that this worked without deselecting the objects just a month ago.

Does using ZOOM always deselect the selection set, regardless of whether or not the objects are visible on screen?

Thanks in advance, and for all the other great advice in these forums.

Greg

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AutoCAD does that: nothing unique about 2022 version AFAIK. Use your mouse' scroll wheel when you need to zoom for the effect you desire.

HTH

[ВeekeeCZ]

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@gturnageX23 wrote:

I think my Autocad 2022 issue is the same as the OP.  I first zoomed to extents so that no objects are off screen.  After QSELECTing some objects, I then ZOOM to the Objects.  That works, but the objects are deselected after the zoom executes.  Behavior is the same whether PICKADD is set to 1 or 2.  Using transparent 'ZOOM makes no difference.  All input is by keyboard.

It is easy enough, albeit more typing, to re-SELECT the Previous selection set.   However, this behavior is not as described by some posters.  I could swear that this worked without deselecting the objects just a month ago.

Does using ZOOM always deselect the selection set, regardless of whether or not the objects are visible on screen?

Thanks in advance, and for all the other great advice in these forums.

Greg

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It's quite simple to make a LISP that will fix it for you. You can shorten the name to just ZO or whatever. If you don't know how to use a LISP, read THIS 

(defun c:ZoomObjects nil
  (command-s "_.zoom" "_object")
  (sssetfirst nil (ssget "_p"))
  (princ)
  )

[gturnageX23]

I appreciate the code, @ВeekeeCZ.  I've been dabbling with LISP and love adding quick routines like this into my workflow.

Regardless of the selection method, I could have sworn that Autocad did not deselect objects upon zoom in the past, but it more likely has to do with my poorly-functioning wheel mouse. 

In any case, your LISP has solved this problem for me by reducing the number of clicks and making ZOOM work as I want it to.