Help selecting a bunch of items at once

[mkennedy]

I draw room additions, so I always have new and existing - when I draw a framing plan I like to put the new and existin framing on seperate layer, which involves lots of selcting. My shif tselect tool seems to max out after 5 or 10 items, dropping the entire selection set in favor of the most recent addition.
Group selecting picks up walls and stuff that I don't want to select.
Any thoughts on a great way to achieve this desired end result?

[Joe Carrick]

Lock the Layers of the items you don't want to select - then use Group Select.

Personally I'd create a custom Layerset to have this available at a single mouse click.

[perryh]

I also do a lot of room additions. I use different wall types / layers for the different (new/ existing) walls so all you have to do is turn off those walls in whatever camera view you use, If I understand what you are asking

[Joe Carrick]

Another option is select the tool that has the items you want to be selecting. That will limit Group Selection to just those items.

"Select Same" is another way.

Note that either of these options only work with certain items.

[mkennedy]

Thanks guys, I think both the first two suggestions will be perfect - I'll just take the time to build some more layersets.
P, I never thought to put new and existing walls on separate layers, just using different wall definitions, don't know why, I put framing on separate new\existing layers....
I'l need to think through my process, but some new layer and annosets are probably in order.
Select same is OK, sometimes, thanks for the reminder.

[HumbleChief]

Matt remember that new and existing walls can't occupy the same space even though they are on separate layers! Would love for this to change soon hint hint X6?

[mkennedy]

L, I'
m not sure that will be an issue - I draw an existing plan with all the walls in wall defs labeled existing. I have existing plan layerset for a view to CAD that I then paste into the background on a normally locked layer. Then I save the plan labeled as new, demo walls I want gone and draw new walls. The CAD shows as a dashed\screened line, existing walls have no fill, new walls are poched. With P's suggestion I can just put all the new walls on a new walls layer as well as defining their wall def with a new label.
What's your agenda with the new walls in the same location as existing?
When I have an existing wall getting a small repair such as a window fill, I draw aCAD box. When an existing wall is being significantly restructured I redefine to an exiting to new labeled wall def with a differnet fill.

[perryh]

Matt remember that new and existing walls can't occupy the same space even though they are on separate layers! Would love for this to change soon hint hint X6?

Yes they can if you make 1 wall a "no room def" wall.