xref hatching interferes with object selection

[thomas_schluesselberger]

Hello!

I have a problem:

When i want to select objects to stretch via a selection window, it often happens that it interferes with one of the xrefs.

The xrefs often have hatchings or other objets which disturbs while making the first point of a selection window.

I have attached a video in which I want to stretch the line or move the circles. I can only use the selection window if I either don't make the first point within the hatching, or I make sure that I click between the hatching lines.

[cadffm]

Hi,

if you are using the implied windowing (PICKAUTO bit1), Acad detects an object in your APERTURE, so the object-PICK method is active.

If you would tell Acad that you want to use a Window- or Cross selection, it would work as you need.

Try it: When Acad ask for Object selection, type-in W<enter> and try your window selection again.

[thomas_schluesselberger]

Hi!

Thanks, so this fixes my problem when using move or other commands where i select the wanted objects entirely.

But it does not work for an stretch command. Because when streching i only want to select the end of the line which should get streched and with this method objects only get selected when they are selected completely. 

Or is there a fix for this?

[cadffm · Accepted solution]

Hi,

learn about object selection methods

object snaps

view and ucs handling

These are basic skills which are in use in all tasks.

Stretch just some points of an object need a cross or crosspolygon selection,

the short is C or CP

[F1]

SELECT (Command)

Ignore the command, but the Object selection methods are explained there.

[thomas_schluesselberger]

It's crazy that i'm using AUTOCAD five years now and never heard of this selection methods. 🙂

I always just used the normal object selection the individual commands give you.

Thanks a lot!

[cadffm]

Some commands offering a <Pick>selection only, but for the most you can use all object selections you like.

FENCE

WindowPolygon

Group (if you are using groups)

Last 

Previous

...

And SUBobject selection

A lot methods. 

[steve_MonkeyFlow]

Try setting the OSNAPHATCH variable to 0.

AutoCAD will then ignore hatches when snapping - remember to switch back to 1 when you need to snap to hatches!

[thomas_schluesselberger]

Thanks for you suggestion, but the snapping wasn't the problem.

[Kent1Cooper]

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@cadffm wrote:

Some commands offering a <Pick>selection only, but for the most you can use all object selections you like.

FENCE

WindowPolygon

Group (if you are using groups)

Last 

Previous

...

And SUBobject selection

A lot methods. 

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[Except that for this topic's STRETCH command specifically, either Crossing or Crossing-Polygon selection is required.  Or Lasso, but you can't type in an initial for that to avoid its grabbing a Hatch pattern that you must pick in the middle of, the way you can type in C or CP.]