Displaying Information on the Selection Set. Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8

Displaying Information on the Selection Set

Often, it is useful to display information about the selection set or the current drawing as a whole. On the Inquire menu, click Selection Properties or

Drawing Properties to display the extent and count of each entity type in the selection set and the drawing, respectively. On the Inquire menu, click

Symbol Count to display a symbol list containing the names of the symbol definitions stored in the drawing and the number of times they appear in the drawing.

The selection set extent is the smallest rectangle that fits around the set. The drawing extent is the smallest rectangle that fits around all of the entities in the drawing. AutoSketch displays an extent as the lower left (Minimum XY) and upper right (Maximum XY) coordinates of the rectangle.

To display the extent and entity totals for the current selection set

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On the Inquire menu, click Selection Properties, or click the Inquire

Selection button on the All-In-One toolbar. The Selection property sheet appears.

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Right-click the selection set and click Selection Properties on the pop-up menu.

To display the extent and entity totals for the current drawing

■ On the Inquire menu, click Drawing Properties, or click the Drawing

Properties button on the All-In-One toolbar. If a selection set exists,

AutoSketch temporarily suspends it. The Drawing Properties dialog box appears displaying information about all entities in the drawing, regardless of whether any were selected.

To display information on the symbol definitions in the current drawing

■ On the Inquire menu, click Symbol Count, or click the Symbol Count button on the All-In-One toolbar. If a selection set exists, AutoSketch temporarily suspends it. The Symbol Count dialog box appears displaying information about all symbols in the drawing, regardless of whether any were selected.

Displaying Information on the Selection Set

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