Changing layers of multiple element types at once.

[Arcadia]

Why can't I change the layers of a whole group of different elements at once? Example: I import a CAD file supplied by a client that has a bunch of layers I don't need so I want to combine them all to my 'CAD import layer'. If I select everything in the drawing and select the destination layer it changes things only one element at a time ie lines, fills, poly lines, dimensions etc so I have to do the whole thing over and over again till they are all in the right layer and the only way I can tell when I have achieved this is to have the destination layer switched off so that I eventually end up with all the CAD elements hidden. I just want to grab a bunch of elements sometime and dropp them all into a particular layer with one action.

[Anonymous]

At the risk of going off topic...what exactly is the order that Archicad uses if you select a bunch of elements with a selection window?

Edit: Elements on different layers. What determines which layer will be current after selection?

[Anonymous]

Sorry for the double post. My internet is a mess!!!

[Laszlo Nagy]

Doug,
I deleted you second post.

To answer your question:
I could not find any pattern in how multiple elements are selected. The Info Box always displays the settings of the LAST selected element. Therefore you can select a bunch of elements, then click an element of the selection to deselect it and click it again to re-add it to the selection.
This way the Info Box will display the settings of that element.

Interestingly, ALT-clicking (picking up the parameters of) the element will not make the Info Box change what it displays. So I guess it is in what order elements are added to the Selection Set and that is why the above trick works: the deselected and reselected element becomes the last element added to the selection set.