Select items by attribute

1. From the menu bar choose Edit, Selection Set. The Selection Set dialog appears.
   
   
   
   

2. Click the drop-down arrow beside Filter and select By Attribute.
   
   

3. In the Attribute field, select the attribute of the items that you want to work with in your drawing. For example, select Department.
   
   

4. Beside Pattern, you can either select all items by entering an asterisk * or enter the data, in this case Sales.
   
   

5. To add all items in the drawing to the selection set, click on All under Add to Selection Set.
   
   If only the panels from a portion of the drawing should be added click Area and select the desired area.
   
   Select Single if you want to select each panel. It will not allow you to add anything to the selection set that does not meet the criteria specified above.
   
   

Note: To remove items from a selection set, use the same criteria as above but use the Remove From Selection Set section.