Selection

The selection group consists of a set of tools to element select, select all, select none, and place fence the elements.

Used to select and deselect elements for modification or manipulation. The set of selected elements is called the selection set.

You can access this tool from the following:

  • Ribbon: Open Roads Modeling > Home > Selection
  • Ribbon: OpenRoads Drawing Production > Home > Selection
  • Ribbon: Survey > Home > Selection
  • Ribbon: Drawing > Home > Selection

Setting

Description

Element Selection

Select and deselect elements on a per element basis, by defining an area, or by drawing a line that intersects them.



Select All

Select all elements in the design.



Select None

Deselect all elements in the design.

Fence Tools

  • Place Fence - Used to place a fence.
  • Modify Fence - Used to move a fence or modify one of its vertices.
  • Manipulate Fence Contents - Used to move, copy, rotate, mirror, scale, or stretch fence contents, which are defined by a fence and (except for stretching) the Fence (Selection) Mode.
  • Delete Fence Contents - Used to delete the fence contents.
  • Drop Fence Contents - Used to break up the contents in a fence into their components.
  • Save Fence to File - Used to copy or move the contents of the active fence to a new DGN or DWG file.
  • Named Boundary - Manage named boundaries and boundary groups using the Named Boundary dialog.