Lock an Object Type

You can limit which objects will be selected by using object types. When an object type has been locked, only objects of the type in question will be selected. There can be several locked object types. You can select the type to be locked from the list in the Selection Filter. The type remains locked until you free it.

For example, you can use locking when clicking an object in the floor plan or in the model would otherwise be difficult (for example, clicking a roof eaves line under a roof edge line, or a countertop line under a component edge line in the floor plan).

The Selection Filter includes all the object types used in the drawing-model pair.

1. Select Selection Filter.
2. Select the object types to be locked, and if necessary, the object properties, in the dialog box.

   Selection Filter Dialog Box

3. Confirm by clicking OK.
4. Select objects by clicking or by limiting an area, or select all objects of the locked types by pressing Ctrl+A.

Release Object Type
Quick Lock an Object Type
Select an Object with the Cursor
Select Objects within an Area
Select Objects Intersecting an Area
Object Types