DdSelect

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Specifies the properties for selecting entities, through the Settings dialog box (short for "dynamic dialog selection").

Accessing the Command

command bar:  ddselect

transparent:  'ddselect

alias:  se, settings

 

: ddselect

Displays the Entity Selection section of the Settings dialog box:

Change settings, and then click X.

Command Options

Option

Description

Pick Automatic

Toggles whether BricsCAD automatically creates window or crossing selections at the 'Select entities' prompt:

  • negative - Disables window selection when no command is active. Requires a single pick point to select an entity, or the entry of a selection mode option when a command prompts to select entities.

  • 1 - Enables window selection if the mouse is not over an entity when you click.

  • 2 - Enables window selection if the mouse is clicked when over an entity and dragged. This option is recommended when working in a rendered 3D model.

Pick Box

Specifies the size of the pick box; range is 0 to 50 pixels; default = 3 pixels.

Pick Drag

Determines how selection windows are created:

  • 0 - Draw selection window using two points; default.

  • 1 - Draw selection window using dragging.

Pick First

Determines how entities are selected:

  • 0 - First issue a command, then select entities.

  • 1 - First select entities, then issue a command; default.

Related Commands

SelGrips - selects entities and displays grips.

Select - selects entities.

 


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