Autodesk 057A1-05A111-1001 Getting Started Guide - Page 92

Select Objects to Edit When you edit objects, you select one or more objects to specify a selection set of the objects. You can use two methods to specify which objects to modify: ■ Choose the command first. Choose an editing command and then select objects to modify. ■ Choose the objects first. Select objects and then start the editing command. In addition, when you use this method, grips are displayed on the objects that you can use to modify the objects directly. You can clear a selection by pressing ESC. Object Selection Methods The two most common methods to select objects are ■ Select individual objects. Click objects individually. ■ Specify a selection area. Click a rectangular area around the objects to be selected. Specify a Selection Area You can select objects by enclosing them in a rectangular selection area. You define a rectangular selection area in the drawing area by clicking opposite corners. The order in which you specify the corners makes a difference. ■ Drag from left to right to create a window selection, which selects only objects entirely within the selection area. 1 2 Objects selected using window selection ■ Drag from right to left to create a crossing selection, which selects objects within and crossing the selection area. NOTE You can remove objects from the selection set by pressing SHIFT and then clicking them. 86 | Chapter 7 Make Modifications