Identifying Elements Using the Cursor

With many Draft commands, you can use the cursor to identify an element in the graphics window by using the ID command followed by @:

ID @

At this point, picking an element with the cursor will select and identify the displayed element (the lowest-level element, that means, a primitive, will be picked).

Elements down to and including Design primitives or Catalogue piping components (for example, FLANGES) may be accessed. Dimensions, Dimension Points and Labels may also be accessed in this way.

Other cursor identify commands are:

You can specify up to 20 element types. For example:

ID VALV VFWA VTWA @

See Dimensioning, Labelling and 2D Drafting for ID commands relating to Dimensions, Labels and 2D drafting respectively.

The following command can only be used as part of a command:

For example

ON IDP @

You can restrict items picked to be either Design database elements or Draft database elements by using the commands:

ID DESEL @

ID PADEL @

ID DRAEL @

Picking an element with the cursor will make the item the current element (that means, the current position in the database will move to that item). If you select a Design element (for example, a Cylinder primitive in a vessel) you will move to the Design database; if you select a Drawing element (for example, the edge of a Sheet) you will move to that element within the Draft database.