After you define a query to retrieve drawing objects, you can execute it in one of three modes:
- Preview mode — Displays the objects on screen, but does not retrieve them. When you change the screen, the objects disappear.
Use Preview to test your query. Queries in Preview mode show objects on layers that are locked; however, Preview mode does not show objects on layers that are Off or Frozen.
- Draw Mode — Retrieves objects (copies them into the current drawing). You can manipulate and edit them, save them back to their attached drawings, save them to the current drawing, or save them to a new drawing. Queries in Draw mode retrieve objects from layers that are Off, Locked, or Frozen.
The objects are not changed in the attached drawings unless you save your changes back to the attached drawings.
- Report Mode — Writes specified information about the objects to a separate file.