Selecting/Highlighting features by name/ID number

[Anonymous]

Hi Everyone,

I'm a GIS Analyst for a power company, limited AutoCAD experience, and this is the current problem I'm facing.

We keep records of our power lines both geographically in ArcGIS and as diagrams in AutoCAD.

I need to be able to select groups of power lines based on names/entries in a spreadsheet. In ArcGIS every line has attributes that contain details like line name and ID number so it's easy to just highlight/select all the lines that match up with the searched ID numbers.

Is there anything analogous in AutoCAD so that I could do something similar with the schematic diagrams in AutoCAD? Is there a way I can make lines searchable/selectable by an ID number?

Thanks,

Joe

[m_kingdon]

Have a look at the QSELECT command.

[Patchy]

Autocad uses Bylayer, colors, linetype.

Use Layiso command, or

Pick on the entity you want, right click and use select similar.

FILTER and use many options in there.

Qselect command too.

[Anonymous]

This seems pretty interesting and has some options that seem to suit my needs.

A couple more questions though - how do I select by hyperlink/where are the hyperlinks stored?

And is there a way to automate this process/link it to an excel sheet?

Say I have 50 lines on a schematic drawing, and I have a list of 15 of them in an excel sheet with ID numbers where they are getting work done. Is there any way to do that selection quickly?

Thanks,

Joe

[Anonymous]

If I put each line into its own layer, that would make the Qselect by layer able to select individual lines based on their names/ID numbers. But is there any way to import a list of ID numbers so that the system could QSelect all matches from that?

[Patchy · Accepted solution]

As far as I know, plain Autocad cannot assign a name or ID that you can search , it has HANDLE when you do a LIST,  but kinda useless.

use HYPERLINK, you type in Hyperlink and it links to a place of your choice. Make sure in Options you put a check mark so it tells you an entity has a link.

You can ask Electrical group to see if they have all the magics that help you with your task.

[Anonymous]

Not exactly what I wanted to hear, but something I've suspected for a little while. I'll check if Electrical knows any add-ons or something that may solve this issue.

Thanks