Practice Exercise | Other Selection Options

In this practice exercise, you use selection options that include Last, Previous, All, and Remove. First, you begin by drawing several lines and circles as shown.

1. Draw some lines and circles.

   

2. Practice using the Last selection option:
   • Begin the Erase command.
   • At the Select object prompt, enter L and press ENTER.
   • Notice that the last object drawn is highlighted.
   • Press ENTER to execute the command.

     

     Note that your last object drawn may be different than the one shown above.

3. Copy one or several objects in your drawing, placing them randomly as shown below.

   

4. Repeat the copy command and try the Previous select object option:
   • Begin the Copy command.
   • At the Select object prompt, enter P and press ENTER.
   • Notice the previous selection you made is selected again.
   • Press ESC to escape the Copy command.

     

5. Practice selecting all objects, then remove an object from the selection set:
   • Begin the Erase command.
   • At the Select object prompt, enter ALL and press ENTER (only once).
   • Notice all the objects are highlighted.
   • Hold down the SHIFT key and select a single item from the selection set.
   • Notice that it is no longer highlighted.
   • Press ENTER to complete the Erase command.

     

     Note that you can enter R and press ENTER to remove the objects from the selection set. Enter A to add objects into the selection set.