Topic: ssget force selection of 1 entity only

[mailmaverick]

How to force ssget to select 1 entity only (The first one user picks which matches filter list criteria) ?

[Lee Mac]

You can use the "_:S" mode string - see my reference here for more information.

[Kerry]

How to force ssget to select 1 entity only (The first one user picks which matches filter list criteria) ?

or more conventionally, have a look at ssget in your help file that comes with AutoCAD
something like : http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-0F37CC5E-1559-4011-B8CF-A3BA0973B2C3

[roy_043]

Note that 'single selection' does not mean 'single entity'. To achieve the latter you have to add '+.' to disallow selection windows.

Code: [Select]

(ssget "+.:S")

[Lee Mac]

How to force ssget to select 1 entity only (The first one user picks which matches filter list criteria) ?

or more conventionally, have a look at ssget in your help file that comes with AutoCAD
something like : http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-0F37CC5E-1559-4011-B8CF-A3BA0973B2C3

It's a shame the help file doesn't include all of the available mode strings...

[mailmaverick]

Thanks a lot everyone.

Single selection : (ssget ":S")

Single entity : (ssget "+.:S")

[David Bethel]

The verbose version :

Code: [Select]

(while (or (not ss)
           (/= (sslength ss) 1))
       (setq ss (ssget)))