Selecting thru a Fill

[Anonymous]

Question from a lamenting individual...
Loved Archicad 6.5 - can't seem to get use to 9.0...

So hear's the question. In 6.5 one use to be able to select lines by swiping thru a fill with the selection arrow. Now in 9.0 it doesn't allow one to select the line without also selecting the fill by swiping, and 9 times out of 10 - point selecting will select the fills first. Is there a preference for restoring the selecting method of 6.5 for the swipe or do I have to manage everything with layers?

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

[Karl Ottenstein]

James has the foolproof method for this exact scenario.

But, Ben and Millard have IMHO the general method. (Well, OK, James' method is general too - switch the tool or use F&S with the marquee.)

It is an archifundamental (TM Duane Valencia or John Stebbins) to understand the space bar toggle of the magnet option of the select tool and another archifundamental to understand the arrow selection options of 'object must be fully contained in selection box' or 'partially contained'.

With the magnet suspended, and the fully-contained selection method ... the lines will select properly.

Karl

[Link]

"Use Archicad 7.0 Arrow Selection Area Options" This solved it. Now swiping through a line and fill will ONLY select the line and not the Fill.

Wow that is such an old technique I had almost forgotten it was there!

BTW if you simply want to modify one the line's settings, you can simply swipe (I use that word all the time too!) over everything and double click the line tool in your toolbox. Then it doesn't matter if you swipe over a node or not.

Also, you can shift select each line (while the Line tool is active in the toolbox) and you will definitely get the lines over the fill, or anything else for that matter.

Cheers,
Link.

[Anonymous]

Pdeppe, I think you may be a genius.

Most of the other methods suggested have a high 'click count', now its just two clicks and then i'm free to split, adjust, delete etc.

Well spotted...