{"id":12668,"date":"2022-04-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=12668"},"modified":"2022-04-18T16:21:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T23:21:19","slug":"have-you-tried-window-fence-lasso-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/have-you-tried-window-fence-lasso-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Tried: Window, Fence, Lasso, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/tag\/have-you-tried\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Have You Tried this month<\/a>, we have some great techniques for selecting and deselecting objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Window and crossing window are great selection methods in most cases, but for larger, more complex drawings it might be helpful to use other methods like fence or lasso. And after objects are selected, maybe there are some objects you want to exclude from the selection.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2023\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_April_2022_Selection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Have You Tried<\/a> will cover filtering and deselecting objects as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll go over:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Basic window and crossing object selection<\/li><li>Fence and lasso object selection<\/li><li>Deselecting objects<\/li><li>Filtering objects selected using SELECTSIMILAR and QSELECT<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn how to use the various selection methods to select and deselect objects, with the step-by-step examples in the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2023\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_April_2022_Selection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Have You Tried: Window, Fence, Lasso, and More topic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/18\/Article-55-1.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1800\" data-lbwps-height=\"1010\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/18\/Article-55-1-300x168.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/18\/Article-55-1-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"AutoCAD objects \" class=\"wp-image-12669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/18\/Article-55-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/18\/Article-55-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/18\/Article-55-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/18\/Article-55-1-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/04\/18\/Article-55-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"keep-the-feedback-coming\">Keep the Feedback Coming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for all the great feedback submitted so far. Because of the great feedback, we have been able to improve the topics in the AutoCAD Online Help system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best way to submit feedback is by using the \u201cWas this helpful?\u201d section located at the bottom of every Help topic. Let us know what you like or don\u2019t like about a topic or provide suggestions for other subjects that you\u2019d like to see covered in greater detail. The more specific your comments, the better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the Have You Tried this month, we have some great techniques for selecting and deselecting objects. Window and crossing window are great selection methods in most cases, but for larger, more complex drawings it might be helpful to use other methods like fence or lasso. 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