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SSX. Sounds like a
really really fast jet doesn't it? Well it's
actually a very old legacy item nested in the depths of the AutoCAD
arsenal of utilities. The SSX command can be
used by itself or at any select objects prompt to create a selection set.
To illustrate
how this command is used, open a drawing with a lot of different entities in
it.
At the command prompt enter SSX.
At the select object prompt pick an entity. Your
command line will look similar to the following:
Filter: ((0 . "LINE") (8 . "0") (210 0.0 0.0 1.0))
>>Block name/Color/Entity/Flag/LAyer/LType/Pick/Style/Thickness/Vector:
Issue a return to accept the default selection set. There
are many options for honing down your selection set at the
command line if need be. The command line
will also display how many items are included in the selection set.
3 found.
Now start the MOVE command.
At the Select objects prompt enter P for Previous. This
uses the selection set established by the SSX utility. You
can now move these entities to a new location.
SSX becomes a powerful selection tool when all items of a certain criteria
that are available at the SSX command line options is needed. Try changing
all the text in your drawing to another layer using the SSX option. |
