Selecting entities by drawing a selection window

You can draw a selection window to include the entities contained within the window.

To create a selection window from left to right

   1   Click to select a point in the drawing.    

   2   Click to the right of the first point to select a second point in the drawing.

To create a selection window from right to left

   1   Click to select a point in the drawing.    

   2   Click to the left of the first point to select a second point in the drawing.  

In addition to a rectangular window, you can define a selection window using other shapes such as a polygon or circle.

To select entities using a polygon selection window

   1   Activate an entity-modification command.    

   2   In the prompt box, choose Window Polygon.

   3   Specify the vertices of the polygon.

   4   To complete the selection polygon, press Enter.