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Deleting Objects

• Click the Select Found button to select A few Properties can only be used for
all items shown in the search results. selecting objects and cannot be loaded from
• Click the Clear Found button to deselect one object to another. These Properties
all items shown in the search results. display in the Match Properties dialog
followed by an asterisk but do not display in
the Select Properties to Load dialog at all.

Deleting Objects
Objects can be deleted in a variety of ways: If an object has a line with arrow or text
• Select an object or group of objects, then leader attached to it, the arrow or leader is
deleted if the object is deleted. To prevent the
click the Delete edit button, select arrow from being deleted, drag the attached
Edit> Delete from the menu, or press end away from the object before deleting it.
the either the Delete or Backspace key on A variety of objects in the program can be
your keyboard.
generated automatically, including roofs, the
• Entire categories of objects can be foundation, and framing. Automatically
deleted using the Delete Objects dialog. generated objects cannot be deleted unless
• Objects are deleted if the floor they are the automatic creation option is disabled.
placed on is deleted. See “Deleting
Floors” on page 719.

Delete Objects Dialog

Select Edit> Delete Objects to use cross section/elevation views or CAD
the Delete Objects dialog to delete all Details.
objects of one or more specified types in one When the Delete Objects dialog is opened
room, on the current floor, or on all floors in while a camera view is active, CAD Objects
the plan. The Delete Objects dialog only and Schedules cannot be deleted.
deletes objects architectural objects and
CAD objects in floor plan view - it does not
delete CAD objects or schedules drawn in Although objects on locked layers can-
not be selected, most can nevertheless
be deleted using the Delete Objects dialog.

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