About Selecting Objects Based on Shared Properties

• A simple method to select objects based on properties such as layer, color, or lineweight, is Select Similar command, accessible from the shortcut menu after you've selected an object.
• Quick Select (QSELECT), always accessible from the shortcut menu, offers more options and additional properties, such as transparency, for creating selection sets on the fly.
• To create saved selection filters, use the FILTER command or enter 'filter at the Select Objects prompt. (Available on Windows only)