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Overlapping selection cycling in AutoCAD 2011/2012.
A - answer AutoCAD 2011, 2012 and higher offers a better way of selecting overlapped objects in crowded areas of your drawing. If the selection cycling is on, any ambigous selection display the "Select" dialog, where you can interactively choose which object to select.

You can use this method both for grip selection and for object selection prompts in the edit commands.

Cyclic selection

Cyclic selection - animated

Choosing an object in the dialog also highlights it in the drawing.

You can enable the selection cycling with the double-square icon in AutoCAD status bar, with Ctrl+W, or through the SELECTIONCYCLING variable.

Selection cycling mode

You can also use the standard method of selection overlapping objects - the key combination Shift+Space.
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11.8.2011    2845x  
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applies to: AutoCAD 2012 · AutoCAD 2011 · AutoCAD LT · AutoCAD Architecture ·

See also:
Tip 5976:Keyboard shortcuts defined in AutoCAD.
Tip 5800:Model import error: Coincident face_face_ints with different body vertices
Tip 5241:Slow object selection preview highlighting.
Tip 5121:Selection - cycling through overlapping objects in AutoCAD 2007 and higher.
Tip 3102:How to plot large format drawing on a small format printer?
Selected tip: Export/import of user settings in AutoCAD.


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