A while back, I spent too much time selecting items to copy all my annotations and then pasting them onto my floor plan. It was a tedious process, especially since the annotations were on different layers and in different formats (some were text, some were MText).
Then, I thought, what if I could quickly select all annotations in my drawing with just a simple command? That’s when I discovered the SSX command, which allowed me to select complex objects in AutoCAD. But I knew I could streamline this even further.
I created a custom command macro called “LazySelAno” to automate the process. Here’s how I did it:
First i opened the user inferface using the CUI shortcut and hit the star icon to create my new command.
After choosing an icon for my button, I dragged the command to my quick access panel for easy access.
Finally, I modified the macro string to look like this ^C^C_PROPERTIES;_ssx;NONE;;E;TEXT,MTEXT,DIMENSION,MULTILEADER,LEADER;;PSELECT;P;;
I tested my new command, and it quickly selected all the text, dimensions, multileaders, and leaders in my drawing with a single click.
I hope this helps you streamline your AutoCAD workflow as much as it has helped me. FYI this command was tested in the full version of Autocad.
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