Mini-CAD: Mark objects

You can select individual objects for editing by selecting the "Mark objects" tool and then clicking on the object in question. By pressing the [Shift] key and simultaneously clicking on individual objects, several objects can be selected for editing at once. You can also select several objects simultaneously by pressing the left mouse button and drawing a rectangle around the objects in question. All objects within this rectangle are thus selected.

It is possible to select object types on certain layers or on all layers using the "Layers" icon . Simply click the "Select" button in the "Layers" icon dialog box and select the object type and layer (or all layers) on which the objects are to be selected. Circles and rectangles belong to the object type line objects.

By clicking the "Mark all" icon all drawn objects are selected regardless of type and can then be edited.

The marked objects can also be edited with the normal functions. The preferences and operations are then only applied to the selected objects. The following additional functions are available only for marked objects:

"Cut"
You can cut out the marked objects, open a new file and paste the objects via Mini-CAD.

"Copy"
You can copy the marked objects and then paste them to the same file, or a new file. When pasting to the same file it can be useful to activate the "Move objects slightly after paste" check box in the "Info" dialog box, otherwise the copied objects are pasted exactly on top of the original.

"Paste"
Cutted or copied objects can be pasted.

"Rotate"
Marked objects (with the exception of graphics, tables and diagrams) can be rotated by a user-defined angle.

"Multiply"
The marked objects can be duplicated in the specified number. You can define a spacing in x and y direction for the new objects.

"Edit styles"
You can modify the line colours, for example, in one step for several marked objects (see Section 5.6 for details).