The Quick Select dialog box is a simple filtering device that helps you select the objects you want. For more advanced filters and for when you want to save filters, use the FILTER command.
There are 4 ways to open Quick Select in AutoCAD:
- Home tab> Utilities panel>Quick Select
- With no command active, right-click in the drawing area and choose Quick Select
- Click the Quick Select button in the Properties palette
- Type qselect on the command line.
Here’s a simple drawing with some lines and blocks. I use this drawing to show you how to use Quick Select in the video below.
Here’s the Quick Select dialog box. You use it by working your way from the top down.
Watch the video tutorial to see how to use the Quick Select feature.
I also have a tip on how to find out how many insertions of a specific block are in your drawing. Read the comments, too, because readers came up with a couple of additional methods.
How do you use the Quick Select feature? Or do you have other methods of creating filters for selecting objects? Leave a comment!
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Hi there:
Now tell me if I wanted to change the color of a particular block to another color, how would I do that.
Tks.
Hi Ellen, I’m trying to erase a bunch of tiny circles and don’t want to pick them 1 by 1. I thought of selection sets, but I’m not too familiar with using them. Right then, I got your email newsletter, hence, this post.
I get how to create a selection set with qselect, but how do I do something with the selection set? Do I need to name and recall it?
Thanks for your help.
best, Tom
Good question! You use the P (Previous) option in the next command’s Select object: prompt. This picks up the previous selection set. Or, if the objects are still selected, just start the ERASE command to apply it to the selected objects. Does either of these work for you?
Hi, my company recently updated versions from 2010 to 2012 (autocad map 3d) and i had changed the “qselect” keyboard command to “qs” for timesaving. I thought it was an alias but i am unable to find it again. How do I change it from qselect to qs again?
I this is what you want: http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/acadblog/speed-up-your-work-with-command-aliases/. How to create a command alias.