Creating a New Selection Group

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Creating a New Selection Group

Select entities to form a new selection group. Since this command first resets the selection group, you can also use it to cancel the selection of the previous group.

\snew

This command clears the previous selection group, returning the entities to their original attributes. You can then select entities to form a new selection group or start another command and leave the selection group empty.

$image\ebx_-726553584.gif$ HINT Use this command to ensure that all entities on your drawing are deselected, even those that extend off the screen.

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Options	Description
Click	The cursor displays a + sign to show selection as default. Indicate the desired entity. The selected entity is shown by a red broken line
ALT	Hold the ALT key to deselect from an existing selection group. The cursor will show the – sign. Indicate and confirm any unwanted entity. The entity will turn to original display state.
CTRL	Toggles the selected and unselected
TAB	Gives options to select by same entity type or on the same layer
Space	Reverses the selection group (same as old command \revse)
Del	Deletes the active selection group
CTRL + A	Selects all entities
ALT + A	Deselects all entities
ENTER	Exits selecting