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Selecting all lines?

Jul 4, 2012 10:43 AM

I've seen a video (now removed) where someone was drawing a bunch of blue lines (all separate, not making any contact with another). These lines were drawn on top of other lines, of various colors. Nothing was selected.

And then suddenly all the blue lines (and only the blue ones) were selected.

As no bounding box appeared around them, it meant they were not part of an Object Drawing or Symbol, which would explain the ease of selection.

 

How was it done?

587 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: Adrtghhjj, Jul 5, 2012 6:45 AM
 
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  • kglad
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    1. kglad,
    Jul 4, 2012 10:46 AM   in reply to Adrtghhjj
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    click the frame that contains the lines.

     
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    2. Adrtghhjj,
    Jul 5, 2012 5:37 AM   in reply to kglad
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    That selects *all* the lines (the blue ones and the non-blue ones as well), as they're all in the same frame, on the same layer. I need to select just the blue ones.

     
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    3. kglad,
    Jul 5, 2012 6:14 AM   in reply to Adrtghhjj
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    the blue ones need to be on their own layer.

     
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    4. Adrtghhjj,
    Jul 5, 2012 6:45 AM   in reply to kglad
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    All the lines were on the same layer.

    And they had to be, because the blue lines served as boundaries for various areas in that image, each of those filled with a different color. They couldn't do that if they were on a separate layer.

     
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