Entity toolbar : 
The Selection Tool is used to choose/select created entities for modification/deletion. After selection, an entity can be modified by utilizing the Modify Toolbar, changing the entity properties, or by changing its grip points.
Find the Selection Tool icon from the Entity Toolbar (color coded blue) highlight it. Click on highlighted tool and it will become the active tool ready to perform a selection. Move the mouse close to the entity.
There are three methods to select any entity/entities:
| Click | : Simply click on entity to select it. This is selection by a single selection point. |
| Fully enclosed | : Drag left mouse button over the entities from top left side of entities towards bottom right side of entities and release mouse. A temporary rectangle with a solid line be displayed. Any entities fully enclosed in the drawn rectangle will be selected. |
| Partially enclosed | : Drag left mouse button over the entities from bottom right side of entities towards top left side of entities and release mouse. A temporary rectangular box will be drawn with a dashed border. Any entities that are crossing or fully enclosed in the drawn rectangle boundary will be selected. |
There are multiple options within to enable a more specific selection set. Selections can be made based on Layer, Color, Entity Type, and UCS relativity. Below are the selection tool properties and their options.
To make a specific selection. Select the options from the Selection Options property tree. Then perform the selection the same way as Making a Selection section above
Property Name
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Data Type
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Description
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Layers
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Multi-option selection box
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Selection of Entity(ies) on chosen Layer(s)
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Color
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Multi-option selection box
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Selection of Entity(ies) with chosen Color(s)
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Selection Size
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Integer Number
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Maximum Size of Selection Set
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Entity Type
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Multi-option selection box
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Selection of Entity(ies) of chosen Type(s)
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On UCS Plane
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Real Number
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Selection of Entity(ies) within a tolerance of current UCS Plane
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Escape (Esc): key clears the current selection set.
Space: key Resets this tool.
