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Place Wall/Beam/Column By Grid Enhancements

The Place By Grid option available for Wall, Beam, and Column placement is enhanced to simplify the selection of grid elements. The new selection behavior is like that of a typical file system.

Selection options are:

Action Description
Click Selects individual grid line segments. Gridlines are treated as separate segments when they are intersected by other grid lines. A data point (to select) places the component immediately.
Click + <Ctrl> Selects multiple grid line segments. The grid line segments can be disjoined or be adjacent to one another.
Click + <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <Shift> Selects an entire grid line regardless of how many segments it is divided.
Fence drag crossing (left to right) Selects all grid line segments that intersect the fence box (depicted with dashed lines).
Fence drag inside (right to left) Selects all grid line segments wholly inside the fence box (depicted with solid lines).
Fence drag + <Ctrl> Selects all grid line segments that intersect (fence drag left to right) or are wholly inside (fence drag right to left) the fence box plus any other selected segments.
Fence drag + <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <Shift> Selects all grid lines (entire grid line) that intersect (fence drag left to right) or are wholly inside (fence drag right to left) the fence box plus any other selected segments.