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CAD tip # 6403:

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Select all specific texts in a drawing.

You can use severel methods to select all texts of a specific type (value) in a drawing. Let us have a drawing containing three separate text objects (Dtext/Mtext): Adam,Bravo,Charlie. Our goal is to select the text entities Adam and Bravo.

The simplest way is to use the FILTER command. In the filter type choose Text, value and in the X field enter [AB]* (see wildcard characters in Help). Click the "Add to list" button and use the filter.

Another option is to use a filter in the AutoLISP selection function - (ssget). For the requested type of selection, this function would read:

  
(ssget "_X" '((0 . "TEXT,MTEXT")(1 . "A*,B*")))

You can enter this LISP expression directly on the "Select objects" prompt.

ACADADTACADMCivil

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19.11.2008 17630x

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applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD Architecture · AutoCAD Mechanical · AutoCAD Civil 3D ·

See also:
Tip 10015:	How to select and modify objects in all layouts of the DWG?
Tip 9350:	How to move the draw order of all images or hatches to back?
Tip 9063:	Flip 3D faces (front/back) in AutoCAD.
Tip 9044:	How to select all anonymous blocks in a DWG?
Tip 8782:	Optionally select/ignore raster images.

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