Selecting elements, overview

In order to edit elements, you must select the elements. 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.

Tip: When you right-click an element and select an edit tool on the shortcut menu, Allplan selects the element automatically.

You can select elements either by clicking them or by defining a region around the elements you want to select. The tools in the Work Environment area of the Actionbar, the selection shortcut menu and the Filter Assistant toolbar help you select elements.

This table gives you an overview of selection options:

To do this	Do this
Select an element.	Click the element.
Select several elements or regions.	Open the Brackets, click the elements or specify the regions. Then close the brackets. You can also open and 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. When working with the selection rectangle, you can specify whether you want to select elements fully bounded by the region, fully bounded and intersected or only intersected elements. To specify a fence: Click Fence and enter the points defining 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. See also "Behavior of default planes when copying or moving elements between documents" in the Allplan help.
Reselect the elements that were selected last.	Click Reselect (Actionbar – Work Environment area or Filter Assistant toolbar).
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.