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Selects entities within a fence and adds them to the selection set.

Signature

VBA : object.SelectByPolygon Mode, PointsList, FilterType, FilterData

VL : (vla-SelectByPolygon object Mode PointsList FilterType FilterData)

(vla-SelectByPolygon newSet acSelectionSetFence tmp)

• Object : SelectionSet
  The object or objects this method applies to.

• Mode : AcSelect enum; input-only
  acSelectionSetFence
  acSelectionSetWindowPolygon
  acSelectionSetCrossingPolygon

• PointsList : Variant (array of doubles); input-only
  An array of 3D WCS coordinates specifying the selection fence.

• FilterType : Integer; input-only; optional
  A DXF group code specifying the type of filter to use.

• FilterData : Variant; input-only; optional
  The value to filter on.

Remarks

The following selection modes are available:

• Fence : Selects all entities crossing a selection fence. The fence is defined by coordinates in Point1.

• WindowPolygon : Selects objects within a polygon defined by Point1.

• CrossingPolygon : Selects objects within and crossing an area defined by a polygon. Use Point1 to define the coordinates of the polygon. AutoCAD will close the last vector of the polygon. A polygon definition cannot cross itself.

This method supports the filtering mechanism.

For more selection mode options, see the Select, SelectAtPoint, and SelectOnScreen methods.

Example :

(defun c:al-selectbypolygon ()

(vl-load-com)

(setq thisdrawing (vla-get-activedocument
     (vlax-get-acad-object)))

(setq ssets (vla-get-selectionsets thisdrawing))

(if (vl-catch-all-error-p 
    (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-item (list ssets "$Set")))

  (setq newSet (vla-add ssets "$Set"))
  
     (progn
       
    	(vla-delete (vla-item ssets "$Set"))
       
  	(setq newSet (vla-add ssets "$Set"))
       
     );progn

);if

  (setq pt (getpoint "\nSpecify start point: "))

  (setq ptlist (cons pt ptlist))

  (while (setq pt (getpoint "\nSpecify next point: " pt))

    (setq ptlist (cons pt ptlist))

  );while

  (setq ptlist (apply 'append ptlist))

  (if (= (rem (length ptlist) 3) 0)

    (progn

      (setq
        tmp (vlax-make-safearray 
               vlax-vbDouble
               (cons 0 (- (length ptlist) 1))
            )
      )

(vlax-safearray-fill tmp ptlist)

(vla-SelectByPolygon newSet acSelectionSetFence tmp)

);progn

);if

(princ)

);defun