Simplified version of Quick Select.

[caduzer]

I've gotten a request to have a simplified version of Quick Select. What he wants to do is this:
1. Click an icon and then be prompted to select an area of his drawing (basically create a selection set of objects)
2. Click an object (or objects) whose layer (or layers), from that selection set, he'd actually like to have objects selected (similar to layiso).
3. Hit spacebar/enter and have all objects on the layers whose objects were selected, and were in the original selection set, be selected so he can then move, rotate, erase, etc.

Does anyone have any idea how I can create a customized command to do this?

Thanks,
Scott

[rkmcswain]

If you don't mind selecting the single object (for layer identification) first, then give this a try

(setq lay (cdr (assoc 8 (entget (car (entsel))))))
(sssetfirst nil (ssget (list (cons 8 lay))))

You can add your own prompts and wrap it in a (defun) if desired.

[sgroff]

autocad is already capable of doing this in the properties pallete

[rkmcswain]

autocad is already capable of doing this in the properties pallete

Care to give a step by step? Thanks.

[sgroff]

Care to give a step by step? Thanks.

sorry. i miss spoke.

although, there is the select similar command

[Opie]

sorry. i miss spoke.

although, there is the select similar command

Select Similar is not a vanilla AutoCAD command. It is included in several vertical apps.

[david-k]

Is 'ssx' part of basic AutoCAD or is it part of express tools or a vertical?

[jaberwok]

Is 'ssx' part of basic AutoCAD or is it part of express tools or a vertical?

It's always been there as a lisp-callable function but it's been more obvious lately because it has been in ET.