How to select objects in AutoCAD, here are 11 methods

There are many ways of making a selection in AutoCAD like a simple window or manual selection by clicking on objects.

But there are also many other ways of making a specific type of selections using different tools like Quick Select, Filter and other selection sets.

In this article, I will explain eleven different methods of making these selection sets and I will explain ways of saving these selection sets so that they can be used later.

I have used a sample drawing with circle and rectangles of the different colour and dimensions to explain this article.

Window selection

This is the normal and most obvious way of making a selection in AutoCAD.

To make a window selection click at any point in the drawing area and drag the cursor towards right side to include the objects in the selection window.

All the objects which are completely inside this solid window will be selected, as shown in the image below.

Objects crossing the boundary will not be selected in this case, only objects completely inside the selection window will be selected.

Crossing window

This one is like normal window selection but in this case, any object which even touches the boundary of the window will be selected.

To make this crossing window click at a point in drawing area and move your cursor towards left.