filter question

[Thundercleese]

afternoon all,

quick question about the filter command, is there a way of filtering the entire drawing without having to CTRL A before executing filter command?

i was hoping for a "search entire drawing" switch similar to QSELECT.

cheers.

[H'Angus]

afternoon all,

quick question about the filter command, is there a way of filtering the entire drawing without having to CTRL A before executing filter command?

i was hoping for a "search entire drawing" switch similar to QSELECT.

cheers.

Why do you want to avoid having to select all?

Without using a custom lisp/vba code I think the only way you can do that is by creating a macro to always select all before running the filter command. It would still select all but would avoid you having to do it manually.

[H'Angus]

If you want to use a macro, create a new tool button with this macro: ^C^C_ai_selall;filter

[scott.wilcox]

Selecting everything can be done after you define your filter(s); autoCAD will prompt you to select objects after you hit the APPLY button.

[irneb]

So yes you could do it the other way round and make the macro:
^C^Cfilter;all;;Edit: Or even so it works with filtering inside a command
^P$M=$(if,$(>,$(getvar,cmdactive),0),'Filter,^C^CFilter);All;;