Is there a keyboard shortcut to deselect all (reverse of CTRL+A)?
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2024-02-27 09:36 AM
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.
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2024-02-27 10:08 AM
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.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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2024-02-27 10:08 AM
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.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
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2024-02-27 11:29 AM
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.