Topic: Question about ssget

[A_LOTA_NOTA]

Can (Setq ss (ssget "x" (??))) be used to get all the objects in a drawing by specifying just the color of the object to look for? The ones that are color "bylayer" that are the problem. I know it can be done with tblsearch but just wanted to ask about ssget!

Right now I'm doing it this way....

Code: [Select]

(setq SS1 (ssget "X")); get all entitys
(setq Lngth (sslength SS1)); list length
(setq Count 0)
(while (< Count Lngth)
(setq Ent (ssname SS1 Count)); get next item from selection set
(if (not (or (eq CLR (cdr (assoc 62 (entget Ent))))
(eq CLR (cdr (assoc 62 (tblsearch "layer" (cdr (assoc 8 (entget Ent)))))))
); end or
); end not
(progn
(ssdel Ent SS1); remove from selection set
); progn
); end if
); end while
Thanks

[CAB]

http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=1915.0

[A_LOTA_NOTA]

CAB,

 I may have missed the part of your code that I'm looking for.

I was to use something like this

(setq SS2 (ssget "x" (list (cons 62 YourColor))))

& maybe add tblsearch or something to it so that it will also select all the object on a layer with the color property.

[Jeff_M]

Scroll down to the second bit of code.......what you are looking for is embedded in that code..... I had a reply that showed a quick way to do this, but CAB's has every bit of that, plus some, so I decided to not post it.......