Reference Guide
Reference Guide
Reference Guide

Select By Attributes dialog box

Used to select elements based on specified criteria. Opens when Select By Attributes is chosen from the Edit menu.

Select By Attributes dialog box

  

Levels

Used to specify level criteria.

To

Do this

Select a single level

Click the level.

Select many levels at once

Click and drag through the level list.

Select non-contiguous levels in the list

<Ctrl> click required levels.

Deselect a level

<Ctrl> click the highlighted level.

Key-in: SELECTBY LEVEL <level list>

Level_list can be as follows:

Form

Examples

List levels by number

SELECTBY LEVEL 2,4,7,9

Range(s) of levels, indicated by hyphen (-)

SELECTBY LEVEL 2-4

SELECTBY LEVEL 2-4,9-15

Level and level group names
see footnote 165

SELECTBY LEVEL plumbing

Select all levels

SELECTBY LEVEL ALL

Deselect all levels

SELECTBY LEVEL NONE

The levels section should be cleared before using the key-ins so that no existing selections are included. You can do this with the SELECTBY TYPE NONE key-in.

Types

Used to specify criteria based on element type:

To

Do this

Select a single type

Click the type.

Select many types at once

Click and drag through the types.

Select non-contiguous types in the list

<Ctrl> click required types.

Deselect a type

<Ctrl> click the highlighted type.

Element type criteria also can be set with key-ins:

Control

Key-in

(No type criteria)

SELECTBY TYPE NONE

All Types

SELECTBY TYPE ALL

Arc

SELECTBY TYPE ARC

B-Spline

SELECTBY TYPE BSPLINE

B-Spline Surface

SELECTBY TYPE BSPLINESURFACE

Cell

SELECTBY TYPE CELLNAME

Complex Shape

SELECTBY TYPE COMPLEXSHAPE

Complex Chain

SELECTBY TYPE COMPLEXSTRING

Cone

SELECTBY TYPE CONE

Curve

SELECTBY TYPE CURVE

Dimension

SELECTBY TYPE DIMENSION

Ellipse

SELECTBY TYPE ELLIPSE

Line

SELECTBY TYPE LINE

Line String

SELECTBY TYPE LINESTRING

Multi-line

SELECTBY TYPE MULTILINE

Raster

SELECTBY TYPE RASTER

Shape

SELECTBY TYPE SHAPE

Shared Cell

SELECTBY TYPE SHAREDCELL

Solid

SELECTBY TYPE SOLID

Surface

SELECTBY TYPE SURFACE

Text

SELECTBY TYPE TEXT

Text Node

SELECTBY TYPE TEXTNODE

Existing selections are not automatically cleared by the key-ins, therefore the Types column should be cleared (not black) before using the above key-ins. You can do this with the SELECTBY TYPE NONE key-in.

Symbology

Used to specify criteria based on element color, line style (including custom line style), and line weight.

Element symbology criteria can also be set with key-ins:

Control

Key-in

Color

SELECTBY COLOR <color>

Style

SELECTBY STYLE <line_style>

Weight

SELECTBY WEIGHT <line_weight>

Key-ins must be activated by the key-in SELECTBY EXECUTE.

Mode

Three unlabeled option menus control the following:

Option menu

Description

Top

Controls which elements are selected, displayed, or located when the Execute button is clicked.

  • Inclusive — All elements that match search criteria.

  • Exclusive — All elements that do not match search criteria.

Middle

Controls how criteria are used when the Execute button is clicked.

  • Selection — Elements are selected based on Select By criteria.
    see footnote 166

  • Location — Filters location of elements based on Select By criteria. Elements can then be selected by using the Select All command.

  • Display — Filters display of elements based on Select By criteria.

Bottom

If set to On (the default), Select By criteria is effective.

If set to Off, Select By criteria is ignored.

Key-in: SELECTBY MODE [INCLUSIVE | EXCLUSIVE]


or

Key-in: SELECTBY OPTIONS [SELECTION | LOCATION | DISPLAY]

Execute

Selects, Locates, or Displays elements in accordance with the specified search criteria and Mode.

Key-in: SELECTBY ON

For criteria settings to be effective, the bottommost Mode option menu must be set to On.

Properties

Opens the Select By Properties dialog box, which is used to specify criteria based on less prominent element attributes, such as area and class.

Tags

Opens the Select By Tags dialog box, which is used to specify criteria based on tag values. If selection criteria based on tag values are specified, elements that do not have attached tags with the specified tag name(s) will not be selected, located, or displayed.

Select By Tags dialog box

  

Key-in: SELECTBY TAGS

Tools menu > Set Select By from Element

Opens the Set Select By dialog box, which is used to set the search criteria so they match an element's attributes.

Control

Criteria matched if on

Level

Levels

Symbology

Symbology

Type

Types

Properties

Properties

Class

Class

After you turn on the controls for the desired criteria, identify the element whose attributes you want to specify as criteria.

Tools menu > Selector Save Sets…

Opens the Select By Save Sets dialog box, which is used to save and retrieve sets of search criteria settings.

Settings menu > Cell

Opens the Select By Cell dialog box, which is used to specify a criterion based on the name of an unshared cell.

Key-in: SELECTBY SETTINGS CELL

Settings menu > Shared Cell

Opens the Select By Shared Cell dialog box, which is used to specify a criterion based on the name of a shared cell.

Key-in: SELECTBY SETTINGS SHAREDCELL

Settings menu > Text

Opens the Select By Text dialog box, which is used to specify criteria based on element attributes specific to text elements. Its controls operate the same as the analogous controls in the Text dialog box.

Select By Text dialog box

  

Control

Key-in

Font

SELECTBY TEXTFONT <font>

Height

SELECTBY TEXTHEIGHT <text_height>

Width

SELECTBY TEXTWIDTH <text_width>

Justification

SELECTBY TEXTJUST <text_justification>

String

SELECTBY TEXTSTRING <text_string>

Key-in: SELECTBY SETTINGS TEXT

Settings menu > Text Node

Opens the Select By Text Node dialog box, which is used to specify criteria based on element attributes specific to text node elements. Its controls operate the same as the analogous controls in the Text dialog box, which is opened by choosing Text from the Element menu.

Select By Text Node dialog box

  

Control

Key-in

Font

SELECTBY TEXTNODEFONT <font>

Height

SELECTBY TEXTNODEHEIGHT <text_height>

Width

SELECTBY TEXTNODEWIDTH <text_width>

Justification

SELECTBY TEXTNODEJUST <text_justification>

Key-in: SELECTBY SETTINGS TEXTNODE