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Is there a keyboard shortcut to deselect all (reverse of CTRL+A)?

Fisher — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:36:33 GMT

On the floor plan when the arrow tool is selected in the toolbox, I can select every element on the floor plan with CTRL+A. It's a typical floor, that I want to copy+paste to floors above, avoiding some elements. After selecting all elements, I want to deselect all grid lines and dimensions without having to SHIFT+click each one I want to deselect. So what I'm asking is if there's a keyboard shortcut to deselect all, for instance when the grid element tool is selected in the toolbox, deselect all grid lines in one click, etc.

Re: Is there a keyboard shortcut to deselect all (reverse of CTRL+A)?

Barry Kelly — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:08:45 GMT

Not that I am aware of.

I would just set up the Find & Select to select all elements and not grid elements and not dimension.

You can then store that as a criteria set, so you don't have to create it again.

You can also export the criteria sets and import them into other files.

Barry.

Re: Is there a keyboard shortcut to deselect all (reverse of CTRL+A)?

Fisher — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:29:27 GMT

Thank you, your proposal works. I just needed to add the "is not" criteria for the elements I want to exclude and saving it as a criteria set, then selecting the elements. Have a good day, you've significantly saved my time.