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Moving different entities to a layer...

Anonymous
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When i want to move one object or onehundred different kinds of objects to a perticular layer, I want them to ALL move there in (1) command. I absolutely dislike (hate) the additional attemps needed to move a line with a fill with an object ...etc
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Karl Ottenstein
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Have you tried Edit Selection Set? (ctrl-shift-T or the little selection/hammer icon next to the layer in the Info Box or in the Edit Menu)

Karl
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Anonymous
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Karl...

That works pretty well, thank you (the selection set method). Now is there a way to activate a move command to a layer, giving me the ability to just start picking objects and they move there dynamically?
Karl Ottenstein
Moderator
S wrote:
is there a way to activate a move command to a layer, giving me the ability to just start picking objects and they move there dynamically?
Nope. An add-on could be written to do it, but I don't know that I would see the advantage unless the idea is that the target layer is hidden, and so as you click each thing, it becomes invisible (moves to hidden layer) and thus unclutters the view for the selection of more elements.

Select, ctrl-shift-T, pick-layer, OK isn't that bad, as often as one needs to do this kind of thing IMHO, and assuming one's layer list is short. (In my experience, I've only had to do this once for one model that someone messed up. Normally, I never need to move elements to different layers, or if I do, a marquee+ Find&Select does what I need.)

Karl
One of the forum moderators
AC 28 USA and earlier   •   macOS Sequoia 15.2, MacBook Pro M2 Max 12CPU/30GPU cores, 32GB
Anonymous
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Karl wrote:
S wrote:
or if I do, a marquee+ Find&Select does what I need.)
Karl
Karl is right about the marquee tool.Is a very powerfull tool,Read the manual about it, it's only 2-3 pages, i think
Anonymous
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Ah ha!
Thanks for the tip Karl!