This time you will learn about AutoCAD Tips to Use the Hidden SSX Filter, that have purpose How to use the hidden SSX filter in AutoCAD. SSX. Sounds like a really really fast jet doesn’t it? Well it’s actually a very old legacy item nested in the depths of the AutoCAD arsenal of utilities. The SSX command can be used by itself or at any select objects prompt to create a selection set.
To illustrate how this command is used, open a drawing with a lot of different entities in it.
At the command prompt enter SSX.
At the select object prompt pick an entity. Your command line will look similar to the following:
Filter: ((0 . “LINE”) (8 . “0″) (210 0.0 0.0 1.0))
>>Block name/Color/Entity/Flag/LAyer/LType/Pick/Style/Thickness/Vector:
Issue a return to accept the default selection set. There are many options for honing down your selection set at the command line if need be. The command line will also display how many items are included in the selection set.
3 found.
Now start the MOVE command.
At the Select objects prompt enter P for Previous. This uses the selection set established by the SSX utility. You can now move these entities to a new location.
SSX becomes a powerful selection tool when all items of a certain criteria that are available at the SSX command line options is needed. Try changing all the text in your drawing to another layer using the SSX option.
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