Selection cycling

camille.bobeau · ‎04-11-2021

Hi there,

I'm using Autocad 2021 on a Macbook and I'm having trouble cycling through overlapping objects.

I've been to the article mentionned in another post

https://macacad.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/selection-cycling-through-overlapping-objects-in-autocad-fo...

and followed the guidelines with

- selectionpreview to 3

- selectioncycling to 1 or 2

- legacyctrlpick to 2

but nothing seems to be working, and the command "shift+spacebar" seems to try to do some 3D stuff as I get the green point in the middle and the sphere appears. "cmd+mouseclick" doesn't do much either.

The symbol saying 2 objects are overlapping is showing, but there is no dialog box to choose from one another.

I seem to not be the only one with this issue, so I hope someone can enlighten me on this, I just switched to Mac and I'm still getting my bearings on AutoCAD so drawing is a bit tedious and frustrating at the moment ><

Thank you

Alfred.NESWADBA · ‎04-11-2021

Hi,

>> The symbol saying 2 objects are overlapping is showing, but there

>> is no dialog box to choose from one another.

And what happens when you see this symbol and do a left-mouse-click?

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RobDraw · ‎04-11-2021

@camille.bobeau wrote:
I just switched to Mac

You should probably also switch the AutoCAD for Mac forum.

Rob

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maxim_k · ‎04-12-2021

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Hi @camille.bobeau ,

Everything works fine with the instructions from blogpost you mentioned.

>>>>>the command "shift+spacebar" seems to try to do some 3D stuff

3D Orbit turns on when you hold Shift key and keep Spacebar pressed for a long time.

>>>>>The symbol saying 2 objects are overlapping is showing, but there is no dialog box to choose from one another.

There is no dialog box in AutoCAD for Mac, as soon as you enter selection cycling mode.

You can try another method:

1/ Ensure that you have all system variables set:

- selectionpreview to 3

- selectioncycling to 1 or 2

- legacyctrlpick to 2

2/ Now

a/ Outside command: when you need to preselect overlapping object, you can pick on objects with Shift key pressed - you will see object highlighted, continue to pick with mouse on objects, they will be highlighted in turn. Once you see the object you need, you hit Return key and get object you need selected.

b/ Inside command: when you need to select overlapping object when AutoCAD asks to select objects, you use method described in blogpost.

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camille.bobeau · ‎04-18-2021

Hi, thanks for your answer.

I think some of my shortcuts might be messed up for some reason:

Shift+click didn't do anything but it did work with CMD instead of shift!

Need to let go of Cmd and press it again for the next selection though.

PPPPEWORIGUH · ‎04-17-2024

I'm having exactly the same problem, Camille. Nothing seems to resolve =/

maxim_k · ‎04-18-2024

Hi @camille.bobeau @PPPPEWORIGUH ,

I tested Selection Cycling once again on my side.

Yes, this is not a trivial task, I agree.

Here are the steps once again:

1/ Set

- selectionpreview to 3

- selectioncycling to 1 or 2

- legacyctrlpick to 2

2/ Activate selection cycling with Ctrl+W shortcut if it is not activated.

3/ Hover with mouse over the overlapping objects until you see preselection highlighting of one of the overlapping objects and special icon near crosshairs

4/ Press Shift key and start to press Spacebar - you should see how the the next objects are highlighted one by one

5/ When necessary object is highlighted, release Shift key and pick with mouse on this highlighted object

That is all for selecting outside editing command.

If you are inside editing command, continue:

6/ Right-click to accept selection or

7/ Continue to select other objects, then Right-click to accept selection.

8/ Continue with editing command.

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