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BKG_SelectSimilar

Version 20120423 Beta (freeware).
Works on Bricscad V11.4 and V12.1 for Windows.
May work on other Bricscad V11-V12 for Windows versions.
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Download link: BKG_SelectSimilar.zip (< 30kB)

BKG_SelectSimilar is a program to select similar entities in a drawing. It can be accessed by clicking on a toolbar button, using a modified Edit context menu or by typing 'Bssi or 'BKG_SelectSimilar.

If you have preselected ("gripped") a single entity and start the program, the entity is used as the base entity for BKG_SelectSimilar. If more entities have been preselected you are prompted to select a base entity and the results of BKG_SelectSimilar are added to the existing selection.

Inside a command you can use BKG_SelectSimilar to create a selection set, or to add to or subtract from (type -) a previous selection set. To select similar entities inside a window first use the program to select all similar entities and then type - followed by _o or _outside to deselect all entities outside the desired window.

The modified Edit context menu has three additional entries: "Select Similar", "Select All" and "Deselect All". The BKG_SelectSimilar toolbar has these three items as buttons. This toolbar and the modified Edit context menu are only available if you use the partial cui file.

What is new

Version 20120423:

Improved: You can now also use _p or _previous to select the base entity.
Changed: Multiple internal changes. The program is "Beta" again.

Version 20111121:

Improved: Enhanced support for a number of entities.
Improved: The "Entity style" and "Referenced name" options are only available if they make sense.
Fixed: If necessary group selection (pickstyle) is temporarily switched off to avoid including group elements that do not meet the filter criteria. The pickstyle setting is restored to its old value after the Bricscad command finishes.

Version 20110724:

Fixed: Entities on layers that are switched off could not be selected. Because inserts on those layers can be visible this was not logical.
Fixed: When working in an active floating viewport paper space entities were selected instead of model space entities.

Installing the program using the cui file

Unpack all files from the zip file in a single folder, which does not have to be in the search path, and follow the instructions you can find here.

Installing the program without the cui file

Unpack BKG_SelectSimilar.des from the zip file in a folder in the search path and follow the instructions you can find here.

To load the program automatically add one of these code segments to on_doc_load.lsp:

(load "BKG_SelectSimilar")

(autoload "BKG_SelectSimilar" '("Bssi" "BKG_SelectSimilar"))