topic Re: Select previous in Modeling

Select previous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:25:46 GMT

Another very useful option that I am used to from other CAD programs is the "select previous". Lets say you pick some objects, then unpick those by a mistake, or you need to do another operation on those objects, do you really need to pick them again??

Re: Select previous

Eduardo Rolon — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:14:07 GMT

Almost doable, the trick in AC is to do "Undo" and a "Redo" then you will get the previous selection

Re: Select previous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:15:46 GMT

sure thing, but I don't want to undo the operation..

Re: Select previous

Eduardo Rolon — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:35:05 GMT

Use UNDO then do a REDO

Re: Select previous

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:45:53 GMT

Just be careful tho, as if you undo a "Drag a copy" command, for example, the original items copied will be selected, as well as the new copy. In that case, Undo, deselect, Redo.

Re: Select previous

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:43:04 GMT

But the thing is, let's say you picked a 100 objects, move those and then you want to do another operation with the objects, but keep them in that positon in the previous operation.
In every program I have used there's a select previous command...
It is not the same as undo/redo

Re: Select previous

Barry Kelly — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:52:21 GMT

Emil1973 wrote:
But the thing is, let's say you picked a 100 objects, move those and then you want to do another operation with the objects, but keep them in that positon in the previous operation.
In every program I have used there's a select previous command...
It is not the same as undo/redo

Firstly if I wanted to further edit those objects I wouldn't deselect them.
But if I did then the undo & redo will leave them exactly where they were but will have them all selected and then you can edit them.

You could also group them while they are selected so then with your grouping enabled if you select one then all will select.

Barry.

Re: Select previous

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:50:26 GMT

I also miss this feature. I'm working in a teamwork project and when I have selected some object from lets say a schedule and they end up being reserved by someone else, then I have request them. When the request is granted I need to run a send/receive and that is when they are deselected hence I have not edited them. So I have to go back to the schedule and select them again, that is time consuming.

Re: Select previous

riyadist — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:39:20 GMT

There should be previous select option!

Re: Select previous

Podolsky — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 21:25:10 GMT

Instead of that in ArchiCAD another quite useful function, called 'repeat last operation' ctrl+B.

Guys, we can live without select previous. It's manageable.

Re: Select previous

D_Sav — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 08:31:15 GMT

defo need a previous select.

Re: Select previous

ArchicadGuruWannabee — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 01:15:17 GMT

C'mon Graphisoft!!

We sent men to the moon in the 60's

We need select previous selection function.

Even Bluebeam has this function

Re: Select previous

Barry Kelly — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 01:32:01 GMT

This doesn't help if you accidentally deselect you items before you do this.

But if you think you are going to need that selection set again, simply group them.

Then with grouping enabled, select one element and they will all select.

Barry.