You can right-click on an object in AutoCAD and pick Select Similar to select all the objects in a drawing with shared, or similar, properties.Ā You can also enter SELECTSIMILAR at the command line.Ā However, you might be wondering what AutoCAD considers “similar”.Ā This is controlled in the command settings.Ā Enter SELECTSIMILAR at the command line then, instead of selecting an object, type SE to get to the settings.
Here you can control how AutoCAD searches for similar objects.
If you are using Civil 3D there is another Select Similar command in addition to this one that I will cover in a future post.
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Rick Ellis, president of CADapult Software Solutions, Inc, has worked with and taught Autodesk Civil 3D, along with Map 3D and other Autodesk products since the mid-90s. He is the Author of several critically acclaimed books on Autodesk Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D, Land Desktop and Carlson Software; including the Practical GuideĀ series.
Rick continues to use Autodesk Civil 3D on projects in a production environment, in addition to teaching classes to organizations both large and small around the country, helping them get the most out of their design software investment.
This practical background and approach has made him an award winning speaker at Autodesk University and a sought after instructor by organizations around the world.
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