I’ve got a script here that will take a bunch of closed curves, select internal curves and group them together. I’d like for it to select text as well and group it with the boundary curve. Any help would be appreciated! Option Explicit 'Script by Mitch Heynick 'Version 12 September, 2011 'Rhino V5 …

OK, I didn’t realize you wanted the boundary curve grouped with the others. Try this one… MultiSelBoundaryAndGroup.rvb (3.6 KB)

It doesn’t select text? It includes objects of type 512, which includes all annotations (text, dimensions, leaders)…

yeah, it’s not grouping text, dims, or dots. it does flash the text during the script, so it is selecting text at some point it’s just not grouping them. thanks for the reply.

[image] kleerkoat: it’s just not grouping them Ah, OK, yeah, I see it was never supposed to group anything, just selects. Here is a modded version that adds grouping the selection. MultiSelBoundaryAndGroup.rvb (3.6 KB)

hmm, now it grouping all the selected text, dots, and dims together. thanks again.

i hate to bug you with this, but do you think you could take another look? it would save me soooo much time processing patterns for cnc .i appreciate it.

[image] kleerkoat: i hate to bug you with this, but do you think you could take another look? it would save me soooo much time processing patterns for cnc .i appreciate it. What do I need to fix? I thought it was working…

it’s grouping the text into it’s own group. thanks again.

[image] kleerkoat: it’s grouping the text into it’s own group. What I see is that with multiple boundaries, all the objects end up in the same group - that is a mistake. I tried fixing that - any better? It should select any objects inside multiple boundaries and group together any objects …

Help with Selecting Objects by Boundary and Group

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kleerkoat January 16, 2020, 6:04pm 10

getting closer, it’s grouping the internal elements together but not with the boundary. is it working on your end?

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Help with Selecting Objects by Boundary and Group

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