Hi, I want select this area;
But standart selection mode does not snap to any point. I want the cursor snap to the corners of rectangle. I looked everywhere but i couldnt find any solution. Is this possible?
Thanks!
Selection with Object Snap
issue the command first, then when it asks you to select the window, you can use W to start window selection mode, then issue end and select the two points of the rectangle.
or if you just want to select the objects, issue the SELECT command, then W to select the window.
Christopher T. Cowgill, P.E.
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Civil 3D 2024 on Windows 10
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True -- for whatever reason, Object Snap doesn't work within object selection, in the SELECT command or other editing command, even for defining a selection window, even after explicitly calling for the Window or other similar selection option.
This has come up before, fairly recently. I'll leave it to you to Search for it. I don't remember whether anyone came up with an answer.
It could also be done by asking the User to select the boundary [what kind of object is that?] and feeding in its vertices [if it's a Polyline] in a (ssget) function -- if there's a solution in the other thread(s), it may be done that way.
Kent Cooper, AIA 
The running object snap won't work but, as mentioned in another post, start select, W, endp, pick, endp, pick will work just fine.
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Accepted solution
W gets everything included within the bounds of the rectangle, if you want stuff that crosses the rectangle use C
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AutoCAD Certified Professional
Civil 3D Certified Professional
Civil 3D 2024 on Windows 10
Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.
@GrantsPirate wrote:
The running object snap won't work but, as mentioned in another post, start select, W, endp, pick, endp, pick will work just fine.
That's the one thing I hadn't tried -- explicitly calling for, i.e. spelling out, ENDpoint [or other] Osnap at the point where it's asking for the Window corners. It doesn't seem like that should be necessary, but at least it does work.
Kent Cooper, AIA