Topic: Selecting multiple lines & Searching ...

[Hangman]

Good afternoon everyone,

So, I've been using Revit for quite some time and haven't been using AutoCAD or the LiSP routines here at the swamp & now I'm currently using AutoCAD and miss some of the abilities of Revit.
For example (and I thought this was part of AutoCAD but perhaps not), I am selecting a plethora of lines intermingled with other stuff; in Revit, you select a line then hit the tab key to select all lines connecting to the initial line.  Is there a way to do this in AutoCAD or does it require a LiSP routine?

Secondly, how do you do a search here at the swamp to include several words into a single search; i.e. I tried searching for Selecting multiple lines and I received the results of everything ever written for "Selecting", for "multiple", & for "lines", but haven't yet found what I'm looking for; "Selecting multiple lines".

TYinA

[mjfarrell]

one could hope that a Rt-Click >>>Select Similar

would build sufficient selection set.

[Hangman]

one could hope that a Rt-Click >>>Select Similar

would build sufficient selection set.

Oooh, ... close.  This actually selects all items of the same parameter; all lines, or all on the same layer, all of the same weight, etc., much like a filtered qselect.

No, someone showed me once a slick command or key combination (I'm leaning toward a key combination like CTRL+SHIFT+ LPICK the line) that will simply select a line that is connected to the end of another line. Of course if the line is not connected to the end of another line, it will not select that line.
So, if you draw a rectangle, then pick the left-most line and [this command/key combo I am seeking] it will also select the other three lines of this rectangle (as all are connected), but will not select other similar items.

[danallen]

express tools fast select does that

[mjfarrell]

express tools fast select does that

Not really
Just tried it on a 4 sided polygon
it 'only' picks two (2) additional sides irrespective of which side is picked

[danallen]

I'm on bricscad so I don't have access, but I recall there was an option at the command line which increased how much it picked

[mjfarrell]

it's a setting that must be done before using

FSMODE

chain selection ON

Interesting...I guess I've not had need to use this, as quite sometime
back I adopted an all polylines all the time mentality

[CAB]

Good afternoon everyone,
Secondly, how do you do a search here at the swamp to include several words into a single search; i.e. I tried searching for Selecting multiple lines and I received the results of everything ever written for "Selecting", for "multiple", & for "lines", but haven't yet found what I'm looking for; "Selecting multiple lines".

TYinA

Google Advanced Search

[CAB]

Good afternoon everyone,

So, I've been using Revit for quite some time and haven't been using AutoCAD or the LiSP routines here at the swamp & now I'm currently using AutoCAD and miss some of the abilities of Revit.
For example (and I thought this was part of AutoCAD but perhaps not), I am selecting a plethora of lines intermingled with other stuff; in Revit, you select a line then hit the tab key to select all lines connecting to the initial line.  Is there a way to do this in AutoCAD or does it require a LiSP routine?
TYinA

Code: [Select]

;;--------------------=={ Chain Selection }==-----------------;;
;;                                                            ;;
;;  Prompts the user to select an object and generates a      ;;
;;  selection chain of all objects sharing endpoints with     ;;
;;  objects in the accumulative selection.                    ;;
;;------------------------------------------------------------;;
;;  Author: Lee Mac, Copyright © 2012 - www.lee-mac.com       ;;
;;------------------------------------------------------------;;


[Hangman]

YES !!! Fast Select, that's it, Thank you guys!  I couldn't for the life of me remember what it was.
And I knew somebody would have written a LiSP routine for it as well, thanks CAB.  And of course a big Thank you to Lee for the (as always) excellent work he does.

Good afternoon everyone,
Secondly, how do you do a search here at the swamp to include several words into a single search; i.e. I tried searching for Selecting multiple lines and I received the results of everything ever written for "Selecting", for "multiple", & for "lines", but haven't yet found what I'm looking for; "Selecting multiple lines".

TYinA

Google Advanced Search

Doht !!!  I just used the search on the top right side of the Swamps home page. Forgot all about the advanced search feature, Thank you again CAB.