Cycling Through Overlapping Entities During Selection

Cycling selection lets you selectively specify entities that are close to or on top of other entities.

You can preselect entities with this method or use them when you are prompted to specify entities in the graphics area.

To identify entities that are close together but do not overlap exactly, it can be useful to zoom near to the entities.

When you hover the pointer over entities that are close to each other or overlap, the stack icon appears. Pressing Ctrl + W when the cursor is on overlapping entities hides the icon.

To cycle through overlapping entities during selection using a list of detected entities:

The following command sequence assumes the display of a list of detected drawing entities is turned on. See Cycling Selection Settings.

Make sure the Cycling Selection feature is turned on.
Right-click Cycling Selection on the status bar and select On to activate the feature.
Hover the pointer over entities that are close to each other or overlap.
The stack icon appears near the entities if more than one entity passes through the selection box.
Click to the location where the icon displays.
A list of entities that overlap appears. The last created entity is the first in the list. In front of the entity names, the entity color is displayed, which helps to distinguish the entities.

When you move the cursor over the list, the entity highlighted in the list will also be highlighted in the drawing.
In the list, click the highlighted entity to select it.
Apply a modification command on the selected entity or use the entity's grips to modify it.
Repeat steps 2 to 5 as needed to specify multiple entities that are close to each other or overlap.

To cycle through overlapping entities during selection without using the list of detected entities:

The following command sequence assumes the display of a list of detected drawing entities is turned off. See Cycling Selection Settings.

Make sure the Cycling Selection feature is turned on.
Right-click Cycling Selection on the status bar and select On to activate the feature.
Hover the pointer over entities that are close to each other or overlap.
The stack icon appears near the entities if more than one entity passes through the selection box.

Note: You can cycle through overlapping entities by holding down the Shift key, and pressing the Spacebar to highlight detected entities one after the other.
Click the highlighted entity.
Apply a modification command on the selected entity or use the entity's grips to modify it.
Repeat steps 2 to 4 as needed to specify multiple entities that are close to each other or overlap.

To turn cycling selection on or off:

Right-click Cycling Selection on the status bar and select On or Off.
Press Ctrl + W.

Cycling Selection Settings

To set cycling selection display options:

Right-click Cycling Selection on the status bar and select Settings.
Under Drafting Options > Entity Selection > Selection Settings, select or clear Enable cycling selection.
Select or clear Show list of entities.

Note: To set the Selection Box size, use the Options command. Type DraftingOptions, and expand Entity Selection > Selection Settings. In SelectionBox size, change the size.