Entity Selection Methods

About this lesson

Most edits start with picking the right objects. This lesson shows the different ways to build a selection, so you can grab exactly what you need even in busy drawings.

What you'll learn in Entity Selection Methods

• Picking entities one at a time
• Window versus Crossing selection and when to use each
• Adding to and removing from a selection set
• Selecting the previous set again
• Using selection filters to pick by type or property

Key commands & tools

Coming from AutoCAD? Window and Crossing selection follow the same left-to-right and right-to-left conventions as AutoCAD.