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Selecting &
Deleting Entities
In general, only entities that are selected can be acted
upon. To delete an entity, for example, you must select
it, then click Delete on the Edit menu. This chapter
describes all of the techniques for selecting entities in
AutoSketch.
When you select an entity, it becomes part of the
current selection set. This group consists of highlighted
entities surrounded by handles. You can add entities to
the selection set and remove them anytime you like.
With each change, the handles are adjusted to reflect
the extent of the current selection set. The selection set
can contain any number of entities from a single entity
to all entities in the drawing. Any action you perform
on the selection set affects all selected entities.
In this chapter
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Selecting entities with
the mouse
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Selecting all entities in
a drawing
■
Using the Selection
Modifier
■
Aligning the selection
handles
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Clearing a selection set
■
Marquee selection
■
Modifying the properties
for the entire selection set
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Deleting entities