topic Re: Easy way to change arrow tool selection methods? in Modeling

Easy way to change arrow tool selection methods?

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:28:21 GMT

Is there a way to toggle between arrow tool selection methods? By selection methods, I mean between needing to draw a selection box around a piece of an element versus the entire element, like AutoCad used to do depending on the way you started to move your cursor relative to the first click. Would love not to have to click the icon to change the method.

It's discussed in the "Wishes" forum, but I can't find any evidence that a shortcut can be created.

Many thanks.

Here's a link to the topic in the Wishes forum: http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=15126

Re: Easy way to change arrow tool selection methods?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:03:09 GMT

Unfortunately still no such keyboard shortcut. Pity.

Re: Easy way to change arrow tool selection methods?

rocorona — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:21:11 GMT

Archibeat wrote:
I mean between needing to draw a selection box around a piece of an element versus the entire element, like AutoCad used to do depending on the way you started to move your cursor relative to the first click.

No keyboard shortcut, but WE DO have that kind of behavior, I mean the selection mode based on the direction, in addiction to the "always only entirely enclosed" and "always partly enclosed too" modes.
From ArchiCAD 12 or 13.

Re: Easy way to change arrow tool selection methods?

Eduardo Rolon — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:31:52 GMT

rocorona wrote:
Archibeat wrote:
I mean between needing to draw a selection box around a piece of an element versus the entire element, like AutoCad used to do depending on the way you started to move your cursor relative to the first click.

No keyboard shortcut, but WE DO have that kind of behavior, I mean the selection mode based on the direction, in addiction to the "always only entirely enclosed" and "always partly enclosed too" modes.
From ArchiCAD 12 or 13.

AFAIK that was specifically copied from Autocad in either R11 or R12.