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.

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19.11.2008 4229x

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

See also:
Tip 7082:	Selecting block objects by name.
Tip 6972:	How to remove arc segments from Pline?
Tip 6776:	How to add a comment to a drawing object?
Tip 6365:	The "Select similar" function also in plain AutoCAD.
Tip 5448:	How to select all entities in a specified layer?

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