Documentation | Help File | UI | 2D Mode | Menu | Select | Select by Line Free

Clicking on the Select/Select by Line Free menu item activates the Select by Line Free selection method for the Map area. The Select by Line Free selection method is used to select a shape or multiple shapes contained in the currently active vector layer (the one highlighted in the Legend) that are in a predefined spatial relation with the user drawn lines. The spatial relation model can be selected from the Select type list.

To select a shape or multiple shapes using the Select by Line Free selection method

1. Activate (highlight) the vector layer on which the selection is to be performed. Do this by clicking on its name in the Legend.
2. Choose a spatial relation model from the Select type list available under the Select/Select type menu item.
3. Click on the Select/Select by Line Free menu item.
4. Within the Map area click on a point appropriate to the selection model and location of the desired shapes - this fixes the starting vertex of the first segment of the line.
5. Draw the line by moving the mouse pointer in any direction. [OPTIONAL] A single click within the Map area fixes an intermediate vertex and starts drawing another segment of the line.
6. To fix the final vertex of the line, double-click on any point within the Map area.

To make multiple selections using the Select by Line Free selection method

1. Activate (highlight) the vector layer on which the selection is to be performed. Do this by clicking on its name in the Legend.
2. Choose a spatial relation model from the Select type list available under the Select/Select type menu item.
3. Click on the Select/Select by Line Free menu item.
4. Press and hold down the Ctrl key.
5. Within the Map area click on a point appropriate to the selection model and location of the desired shapes - this fixes the starting vertex of the first segment of the line.
6. Draw the line by moving the mouse pointer in any direction. [OPTIONAL] A single click within the Map area fixes an intermediate vertex and starts drawing another segment of the line.
7. To fix the final vertex of the line, double-click on any point within the Map area.
8. Repeat the steps from 5 to 7 as many times as needed.
9. Release the Ctrl key.

• The icon on the Standard toolbar; if not visible then click on the leftmost icon on the same toolbar and then on the Select by Line Free item on the drop-down list.

• To transfer the selected shapes to the temporary clipboard layer, use one of the following functions: Cut, Copy, Copy Special.
• To remove the selected shapes from the layer, use the Delete shape feature.
• To cancel all previously made selections, use the Deselect all feature.
• To invert the current selection, i.e. select all not selected shapes and deselect all selected shapes in the active layer, use the Invert Selection feature.
• To remove the selection figure, use the mnuselectclearselection feature.

• See Localize, Select by Point, Select by Line, Select by Polygon, Select by Circle, Select by Rectangle, Select by Clipboard, Select by Query, Select All.

• All currently selected shapes are highlighted on the Map area.
• Values (or averages, maximal and minimal numeric values) of attributes of the selected shape (or shapes) are displayed in the Attributes tab of the Selected panel.