Selection cycling helps us make selections of overlapping objects or objects that are too close to make an accurate selection in AutoCAD. To use this tool, you need to activate it first from the status bar. Click on the two overlapping squares, shown in the following screenshot:

In the following example, I will show you how selection cycling can help make selections when different objects overlap:

1. If you don't see the selection cycling icon in the status bar, click on the three dash lines, also called the customization option, at the end of the status bar and select Selection Cycling from the list of available status bar tools, shown in the following screenshot.

2. Once selected, the selection cycling toggle option will show up on the status bar and then you can click on it to activate it:

3. For this example, I will use the following drawing. In this drawing, the text is overlapping hatches and other patterns, which makes it difficult to select:

4. Now, hover your cursor over the Pillar text and you will see the selection cycling icon, which looks like two overlapping squares:

5. Click to select the text and you will see a menu with a list of the overlapping objects. In this case, the list contains Hatch and MText:

6. Click the object from the list that you want to select and it will be selected from the drawing area.

As you can see, this tool is really helpful for these kinds of situations, but it is not recommended to keep it on all the time as it may add a few extra steps to your workflow. So, try to keep selection cycling off and only activate it when needed.

With the selection cycling option covered, we have now finished learning about the required status bar options and now we will move on to learn more about "modify" tools. The next tool is Array, which lets us make patterns along different paths, such as rectangular, circular, or any other selected path.