.To select by intersecting line you draw a line through
one or more shapes to select them. To use this selection method you first
tell Section Designer that you want to use intersecting line selection
either by clicking the Select menu > Select >
Intersecting Line command or by clicking on the Set
Intersecting Line Select Mode button, .
Once you have told Section Designer to use the intersecting line selection method you then draw the intersecting line as follows. First position your mouse pointer to one side of the shapes(s) you want to select. Then depress and hold down the left button on your mouse. While keeping the left button depressed drag your mouse across the shapes(s) you want to select. Finally release the left mouse button. Note the following about the intersecting line selection method:
As you drag your mouse a "rubberband line" appears. The rubber band line is a dashed line that changes length and orientation as you drag the mouse. It extends from the point where you first depressed the left mouse button to the current mouse pointer position. Any shape that is intersected (crossed) by the rubberband line when you release the left mouse button is selected.
When you make a selection
using the intersecting line method you do not then remain in an intersecting
line mode such that you could immediately make another intersecting line
selection. Instead you default back to a window selection mode. You must
either click the Select menu > Select > Intersecting
Line command or click on the Set Intersecting
Line Select Mode button, ) every single time you
use the selection method even if you are doing several intersecting line
selections in a row.