Sid0201 Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 Ok so I'm new to the forum and I see people mentioning the filter command what does this do exactly? what are its uses? and how do I use it? Cheers Sid Quote
MSasu Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 This is used for advanced selections. Here you will find a tutorial on his usage. Also, welcome to the Forum, Sid0201! Regards, Mircea Quote
Tiger Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 Type FILTER at the commandline to start it. What it does is it allows you to select objects based on filters, such as All Objects on Layer S35. Or Mtxt Objects, that are 35mm high and Color Blue. It's a more fleshed out version of QSELECT. Both of these commands are handy when you have lots of objects in your drawing and selecting them one by one is just not possible (or very very time consuming) Quote
Dadgad Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 (edited) Type FILTER at the commandline to start it. What it does is it allows you to select objects based on filters, such as All Objects on Layer S35. Or Mtxt Objects, that are 35mm high and Color Blue. It's a more fleshed out version of QSELECT. Both of these commands are handy when you have lots of objects in your drawing and selecting them one by one is just not possible (or very very time consuming) The shortcall for it is FI. Additionally it allows you to save the selection filters which you create for use another time, which is very helpful. Edited March 3, 2012 by Dadgad Quote
Sid0201 Posted March 2, 2012 Author Posted March 2, 2012 Aaaaa cheers for the link msasu and the info tiger and dadgad....I could have done with this yesterday.....spend most of the day just highlighting crosses!! thanks again fellas! Quote
tzframpton Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 Additionally it allows you to save the selection filters which you create for use another time, which is very helpful. Bingo. Plus you can save the *.log file of the selections for perfect migration or distribution among others. Good tip. Quote
DANIEL Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 one autocads most useful commands if you ask me Quote
tzframpton Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 one autocads most useful commands if you ask meIf you ask me, however, the most useful command is QUIT. Quote
Dadgad Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 Bingo. Plus you can save the *.log file of the selections for perfect migration or distribution among others. Good tip. Stykface after you brought this saved filter feature to my attention in your recent post, I immediately went into the FILTER dialogue box and set up about 10 different filters which I am now using regularly and really enjoying. Without those saved filters it got tedious having to make selections, of things which I do all the time. Thanks again for the headsup. Quote
DANIEL Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 If you ask me, however, the most useful command is QUIT. I said 'one of' Quote
rkmcswain Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 If you ask me, however, the most useful command is QUIT. Who remembers the END command...? Quote
rkent Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 I closed lots of drawings thinking I was typing the end osnap, but no command was active, drawing closed. Quote
rkmcswain Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 I closed lots of drawings thinking I was typing the end osnap, but no command was active, drawing closed. Yep - exactly! Quote
DANIEL Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 I remove it from my pgp, though i had forgotten to do this after my last upgrade ........ Quote
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