SELECT ALL ON A LAYER?

[Anonymous]

IS THERE A WAY TO SELECT ALL THE LINES OR OBJECTS ON A SINGLE LAYER AND EDIT THEM? I HAVE A HUGE TOPO MAP AND NEED TO CHANGE THE LINETYPES, BUT CANT POSSIBLY SELECT EACH ONE.

[Anonymous]

Use "find and select".
Peter Devlin

[Djordje]

Peter wrote:
Use "find and select".
Peter Devlin

Set type to all types, criteria to the layer that you need.

[Srinivas]

Djordje wrote:

Peter wrote:
Use "find and select".
Peter Devlin

Set type to all types, criteria to the layer that you need.

After Selecting all the elements in a particular layer, you may need to use EDIT > ELEMENT SETTINGS > EDIT SELECTION SET which makes it possible to edit specific attributes (layers and pencolors) for a collection of dissimilar element types(lines, circles, splines, polylines) simultaneously without affecting any other settings of these elements.

[Djordje]

Don't tell me that you use circles, lines, polylines ... ?

😉

[Anonymous]

what does that mean? I've been using this program for a few months w/o any training, am I doing something wrong?

[Anonymous]

naddlles wrote:
what does that mean? I've been using this program for a few months w/o any training, am I doing something wrong?

say you wanted to change the pen for all elements on your survey layer.
you can use the find and select to select all elements within a layer (which answers your first question) but then when you try to edit the pen (say through the info box or through a tool settings box for say the lines), it only changes one type of elements (ie only the llines in the above example) and leaves all others intact. you have to use the edit selection set command (also accessed by the funny hammer like symbol in the info box) in order for all different types of elements to be editted at once.
HTH

[Srinivas]

also accessed by the funny hammer like symbol in the info box

Hey,

How can I access that after selecting the lines and circles? Can you post a screen shot.. please.

[Anonymous]

you can go to the menu at the top edit/element settings/edit selection set or click on the highlighted box in the screen shot (you can just about see my cursor on it )

[Srinivas]

xristina wrote:
you can go to the menu at the top edit/element settings/edit selection set or click on the highlighted box in the screen shot (you can just about see my cursor on it )

Thanks!!! Overlook on my side