Select overlapping objects using selection cycling

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Let's look at selection cycling.

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This is a simple yet extremely handy option in Autocad.

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It is primarily used in cases where there

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is geometry directly on top of other geometry.

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And you're trying to select just one of those objects.

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Without the use of selection cycling,

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you may be tempted to use draw order and send one of the objects to the back,

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making it easier

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to select the desired object

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selection. Cycling however, makes it even easier to select a specific object

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without the needs for extra commands.

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Let's look at an example of using selection cycling in the yard layout.

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In this example,

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we have the grass area that we just created on top of magenta lines for the pavement.

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These lines are both on top of each other.

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If I wanted to select the magenta line and I'm not using selection cycling,

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I would have to send the green line to the back, using draw order.

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So if I were to select the green poly line, I would then right click, go to draw order

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and send to the back.

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So you can see how many commands that took

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with selection. Cycling turned on.

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I'll be able to hover over the objects.

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And I'll see that I get two little white squares.

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Now, before I move on, let's discuss where selection cycling is.

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It's right here on the status bar

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and you can toggle it on

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and toggle it off.

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So to use selection cycling,

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I'll hover over where the overlapping geometry exists.

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In

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this case, the green poly line

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is on top of the magenta poly line.

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Once I see the two little white squares, I can simply left click

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and I get a dialogue box

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that allows me to toggle between

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the entities that I wanna select

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one thing to keep in mind.

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It's not just for two overlapping objects,

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it can be many overlapping objects that will show up in the selection,

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cycling dialogue box.

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So to select the object, you simply select it in the dialogue box

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and then that object is selected in your drawing.