Selecting elements, overview

In order to edit elements you need to select them. In Allplan you usually select the edit tool (e.g., copy) first and then the elements to which you want to apply this tool. This also works the other way round in most edit tools: select the elements first and then the tool.

You can select elements either by clicking them or by defining a region around the elements you want to select. You can use the Filter Assistant toolbar or the shortcut menu to help you select elements.

Selection options:

To do this	Do this
Select an element.	Click the element.
Select several elements and/or regions.	Open the Brackets in the filter assistant, click the elements and/or specify the regions. Then close the brackets. You can also open/close these metaphorical brackets by right clicking in the workspace.
Select elements in a region.	To specify a selection rectangle: Use the left mouse button to open a selection rectangle. In the Options - Desktop environment - Selection page - Selection area, you can specify that closing the selection rectangle requires a second click. In the Filter Assistant, you can specify whether elements fully bounded by the region, fully bounded and intersected, or only intersected elements are selected. To specify a fence: Click Fence and enter the points to define the outline of the fence.
Select all elements	Some tools (e.g. Export) let you select all the elements in the current document by clicking All in the input options. This also selects elements that are not visible such as default reference planes. Please refer to Behavior of default planes when copying or moving elements between documents .
Reselect the elements that were selected last.	Click Reselect in the Filter Assistant.
Select elements with the same group number.	Click one of the elements in the group with the middle and then left mouse button. Alternatively, press and hold down the SHIFT key.