Select objects
Select objects with a click or a box, take single objects out of the selection again, and clear it with Esc.
Once you are done, the objects you want to change, move or delete are blue in the drawing.
Before you start
No tool is active. If one is, press Esc. If you are in the middle of drawing, press Esc again.
Select by clicking
Hold the mouse over an object in the drawing. It lights up when a click would select it.
Click the object. It turns blue, and it is now selected.
Click the next object. A click always adds to the selection and never replaces it.
Select with a box
Press the left button on an empty spot in the drawing and drag to the right. A blue box follows the mouse, and what lies completely inside the box lights up.
To also get what the box only touches, drag to the left instead. The box is green, and everything it touches lights up.
Let go of the button. What lit up turns blue and is selected along with what you had selected before.
Take objects out of the selection
Hold Shift and click a selected object.
To take out several at once, hold Shift and drag a box.
Clear the selection
Press Esc.
Select everything
Press Esc so nothing is selected.
Right-click in the drawing.
Click Invert Selection. Everything you can select turns blue and is selected.
Select all objects of the same kind
Press Esc, then click one object of the kind you want more of.
Right-click in the drawing.
Click Select Similar. All objects of the same kind on the same layer turn blue and are selected, but not those inside a group. If you selected a group, VCAD selects every group on the same layer.
If something doesn't work
| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| An object does not light up and cannot be selected | It is on a locked layer. Unlock the layer in the Layers panel. |
| Objects you know are there cannot be seen | The layer is frozen, and frozen layers are hidden. Thaw the layer in the Layers panel. |
Stuck? Write to us at info@vcad.dk
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