Select previous selection

Bas Weinans

Hi,

simple question. Is it possible to quickly select the same items as in your last selection?

E.g. I selected 13 specific parts, I made a small mistake and want to do it again. Now I have to make the same selection again (click the 13 parts again), there should be a way to do this faster?

Ferdinand Janssens

when you are prompted to selection type p on the command line ...

SELECT
Select entities to include in set [selection options (?)]: p
Entities in set: 3

Bas Weinans

@Ferdinand Janssens said:

when you are prompted to selection type p on the command line ...

SELECT
Select entities to include in set [selection options (?)]: p
Entities in set: 3

dear Ferdinand, I cannot reproduce your answer, could you give me a little bit more explenation?

Ferdinand Janssens

well, what you have previously selected is still available; the reach what you have previously selected you type p on the command line; so any command that prompts you to select entities (instead of selecting them explicitly), supply "p" (for "previous selection")

Bas Weinans

hmm, seems not to work. I don't get the last selection. I believe you will get the last selection which you actually edited? Correct me if I am wrong

Michael Mayer

Now I have to make the same selection again

I also would prefer if important user actions, like Selections,
would just stay until you deselect by clicking in empty Space.

Also each separate Selection action should be part of the Undo/Redo
process (while View changes should be NOT),
the same way as it works in any 3D Mesh App, where Selections are
honored as valid user work.

ALANH

I want selection made 3 ago. A question asked elsewhere needs a bit of typing (setq s1 (ssget)) next time (setq s2 (ssget)) etc move !s1 and so forth.