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Common Properties: Enables you to select from a list of commonly-used properties. For example, you can select objects that have certain brush colors, line widths, layers, etc.
For example, If you click Brush Color, the Choose Values window will have the list of all brush colors. Check all the colors you want to include in the query. At the bottom of the window, you can choose Any to select all objects with these colors. If you choose None, objects that have other colors will be selected.
This is how the brush color query looks in the Selection by Query window.
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Note: Some properties do not have specific values or a list of choices.
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Object Properties: Enables you to select objects that have certain physical properties such as length or radius. For example, arcs and circles can be selected by arc length, circumference, radius, etc. Click Radius.
Enter a Value and its Relative (equal, less than, greater or equal, etc.). In this example, the query will select arcs and circles with radii between 3 and 5 inches, or equal to 10 inches.
This is how the radius value query looks in the Selection by Query window.
Custom Properties: See Custom Properties, Database, and Reports
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For example, open the Common Properties, and right-click on Brush Color. Select Add to Favorites.
Then open the Common Properties, and right-click on Height under Box. Select Add to Favorites.
To see where these favorites are listed, open Favorite Properties.
The brush color and height properties are listed here.
To remove a property from the favorites list, right-click on it and select Remove.
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If you want to use a query later, you can save it. Click Save Query.
Enter a name for the query and click Save.
Then in the Selection by Query window, find the query name in the List.
To change saved queries, click Edit List.
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