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Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

Anonymous

Deselecting by Shift+Click Stopped Working?

Anonymous
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A while ago I found out you can deselect something from your current selection set by holding down the shift key and clicking on it. This was a pretty useful tool...but then it randomly stopped working today for me. Any ideas as to why this might have happened?

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

verify the PICKADD variable, is it set to 2 or another value.

Also interesting might be if you have Map3D or Civil3D, because then you have a command _MAPIOPTIONS and in the dialog ==> 2nd tab you also have a option for how <Shift><Click> works.

 

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Anonymous
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Checked the PICKADD variable--it was set to 1 and I changed it to 2, which didn't solve the problem.

 

I actually am using Civil 3D and I tried pulling up that dialog but I can't find the option you're talking about. What are the texts for the tab and for the option?

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rkmcswain
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See if one of these is perhaps the problem.

 

http://cadpanacea.com/node/14 

 

http://cadpanacea.com/node/230 

 

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Anonymous
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Thanks rkmcswain! It turned out changing things in MAPIOPTIONS (which is different from MAPOPTIONS, which is what I mistakenly read the command Alfred posted as, which explains my previous confusion, BTW) didn't do anything to help, but turning the "Shift+Left click image select" option off in IOPTIONS did the trick for me.

patpat79
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It is indeed the IOPTIONS.... well that works for me...


Best Regards,
Pat Andres
Autodesk Expert Elite
Plant 3D Administrator
GHD Manila

Anonymous
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This worked for me too! Thanks

Anonymous
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Worked for me too, with the caveat that the command is now "IOPTIONS" and not "MAPIOPTIONS." Thanks for the help, rkmcswain!

rkmcswain
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@Anonymous  - when I type in IOPTIONS, the command line changes it to MAPIOPTIONS, which is still documented.

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

>> when I type in IOPTIONS

Do you have RasterDesign installed?

 

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Anonymous
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this fixed the issue for me in civil3D

thank you!

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FilipBednarski
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Helped me in 2021 (AutoCAD 2017). Thanks!

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cadffm
Consultant
Consultant

No rasterdesign installed?

Is it the case also with a simple line object?

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-2015-can-not-shift-click-to-deselect-a-solid-su...

 

Sebastian

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dain.synhorst
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Community Visitor
I have rasterdesign, but I had run both IOPTIONS and MAPIOPTIONS to get this to work. When just doing one or the other commands shift-click-delsect still does not work. In other sense I had unselect Shift+Left Click Image Select in IOPTIONS and MAPIOPTIONS. (Civil 3D 2022)
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safavi_maryam
Community Visitor
Community Visitor

Worked for me too

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Frank_EganVKZC5
Community Visitor
Community Visitor

I have raster and tried the IOPTIONS and it didn't work.  

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Amy.taylor
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

Currently working in AutoCAD 2023, with Raster Design installed. C3D 2023 installed but not open.
IOPTIONS works for me (Raster Design perhaps?), but MAPIOPTIONS does not (Civil 3D perhaps?).
Either way, I'm glad for this post.

jbraddy2
Community Visitor
Community Visitor
deselecting it in "ioptions worked for me" but deselecting it from "mapioptions" did not. Thanks for clerifying the difference!
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ThreadRed
Explorer
Explorer

I just had the same issue. I found out that I had an image on a turned off layer that's causing issues with deselecting objects. 

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jchristiansenMAY4G
Explorer
Explorer

Thank you for this. I tried the MAPIOPTION and it didn't work. Using just IOPTION, it worked. 

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