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Difficulty checking instance origin

SBkevSBkev
in Layout

Hi all,

I'm having difficulty checking the origin of an instance. The only method I'm aware of is double-clicking the cell's box when the levels are set appropriately, like so:

This works great when there's only 1 instance, however in this case where there's multiple overlapping instances, I have difficulty selecting the correct instance.

Are there other methods? A way to view the 'object properties' of multiple instances would be great :smile:

Thanks!

Comments

  • StefanThiedeStefanThiede
    edited June 18

    you can select multiple instances, you selected only 1 of 1, that could be 1 of "many"

  • MatthiasMatthias
    edited June 19

    or you cycle through the selection: just continue clicking until you see the right instance shown in the status bar.

    For a better visual effect you can use this configuration:

    Here are my settings:

    Matthias

  • SBkevSBkev

    Thanks for both of your suggestions! I never noticed the name in the status bar, nor did I realize you could select multiple and still 'double click'. smh

    Thanks!

  • dick_freebirddick_freebird

    I am still very interested to get a "selectable extents"
    feature, like the old Brand X instance/dwg layer used
    to act. Trying to dead-hit the zero width instance origin
    is tough and using full extents is its own kind of pain
    once you get to assemblies where extents overlap.

    If you shift-click everything possible into the
    selected-set, in the property editor spawned window
    you can see a list and click-deselect "everything but
    the one you wanted" (or some portion).

    It might be cool to just go ahead and pop up, and
    populate as it goes, that exact list. Maybe it could be
    its own special window like the tree and layers ones.
    Maybe some "select from the selection" feature to
    let you property-edit or "to selection" operations apply
    to "just the one, thanks"?

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