Select object under

sk11

Hi, how do you select line under other?

Only info is this but it's more than a decade ago.

Selecting overlapping lines — BricsCAD Forum

This says SELECTIONCYCLING is a variable but not recognised in my program (24.1.05).

SELECTIONCYCLING system variable - BricsCAD Lite & Pro | Bricsys Help Center

David Waight

@sk1, there are a couple of ways of doing this.

One is already built into your version V24, which is if you hover over an entity and there is an entity underneath it, then if you press TAB, the item underneath will highlight, depending how many entities are underneath you just keep pressing TAB until the one you want it is highlighted.

There is an add on that is available from Cad Concepts which hopefully works with V24 and is more in line with V25 that gives a dialogue box of all the entities underneath the cursor.

https://www.cadconcepts.co.nz/resources/select-under-cursor

Hope that helps.

sk11

Thanks David, I tried the TAB command but no good, it may be other settings I've changed are affecting this.

I don't have the option to install add ons unfortunately.

David Waight

@sk1, I suspect you have changed one of the SELECTIONPREVIEW settings in concert with one of the QUAD settings.

As this seems to turn SECTIONCYCLING off.

sk11

Thanks David I tried, this but no good.

Also SELECTIONCYCLING is not recognised still.

Jason Bourhill

*Edit*

We have created a free utility here that provides *similar functionality* for V24 and earlier.
https://www.cadconcepts.co.nz/resources/select-under-cursor

We've also included it in our extended context menu, which makes it easier to utilise.
https://www.cadconcepts.co.nz/resources/context-menus

Jason Bourhill

CAD Concepts Ltd
cadconcepts.co.nz

sk11

Thanks Jason, I did try this, it looks like you have to know in advance there is 2 of the same objects.

Is it possible just to hover over 2 lines and it tells you.

aridzv

1. set SELECTIONCYCLING = 2
2. set SELECTIONPREVIEW =3

when hovering over overlaping entities you'll get a symbol showing that there is over laping objects and you can use TAB to cycle between them - see attached screenvideo.

sk11

Thanks arldvz, but don't have SELECTIONCYCLING available in version 24

Jason Bourhill

sk11 said:

Thanks Jason, I did try this, it looks like you have to know in advance there is 2 of the same objects.

Is it possible just to hover over 2 lines and it tells you.

Not really possible using LISP. If this is important to you, then you would need to consider upgrading to V25.

Jason Bourhill

CAD Concepts Ltd
cadconcepts.co.nz

sk11

OK cheers

apkent

Does anyone have an idea or understanding of what the negative values for this setting mean? 

"-1 Selection Cycling is turned off, but the setting is stored (toggled value 1)"
"-2 Selection Cycling is turned off, but the setting is stored (toggled value 2)"

Jason Bourhill

The negative value turns SELECTIONCYCLING off while retaining the current setting. This allows you to simply toggle it on/off without needing to reset your preference each time. This method is commonly use with a lot of other settings for this reason. Some other examples:
QUADDISPLAY
PICKAUTO
DYNMODE

Jason Bourhill

CAD Concepts Ltd
cadconcepts.co.nz