- Status Closed
- Percent Complete
- Task Type Feature Request
- Category QCAD (main)
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Assigned To
Andrew - Operating System All
- Severity Low
- Priority Very Low
- Reported Version 3.26.4
- Due in Version Undecided
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Due Date
Undecided
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Votes
1
- Zilmo (28.09.2021)
- Private
Opened by Zilmo - 24.09.2021
Last edited by Andrew - 29.09.2021
FS#2283 - Add a "Select Similar " command
As a heavy mechanical drawings user, it would help a lot to have an option to select similar entities while working on QCAD.
In the flow of the work, sometimes I need to make some changes in all similar entities of the drawing.
The Select Similar works selecting all the same items with the same layer on the drawing.
Example:
I have a drawing for other company and I have to make a massive layer changing to my own layers.
I select a line and circles with a box selection, activate the Select Similar command and the QCAD instantly selects all lines and circles(no matter length) with that same layer. I can then change the layer of all of them instantly.
Or if I have a peace with a lot of circles, that aren’t in a block, in one time I want to change the layer or diameter of all circles in a certain part of the drawing.
I select the circle and activate the Select Similar command, the QCAD automatically selects all circles with the same layer and I deselect the circles that I don’t want with a box desselection and change the layers of them, or the diameter via properties.. and etc.
There is a workaround, that would be working with activating or deactivating layers, but the select similar would be a faster shortcut.
Thanks Andrew and team!
Perhaps you find the selection filter useful:
https://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/reference/en/index.php?page=scripts/Pro/Widgets/SelectionFilter/doc/SelectionFilter
Zilmo,
Additionally one can select all entities of a layer with +Y, deselect with -Y.
How that works:
- Without a selection right click on the layer in the Layer List.
- Select the option Select Layer Entities (+Y)
Remark that +Y adds entities to an existing selection and -Y removes entities from the selection.
Regards,
CVH
Thank you, Andrew and CVH.
I haven't tried yet, but with your description these commands can produce the same effect of a "select similar".
ASAP I'll test and write here the results.
Thank you,
Zilmo
Dear CHV and Andrew,
The informed commands work as agile as a select similar command.
Thanks for the support, and my apologies for not knowing those commands before and take your time.
Best Regards,
Zilmo