Outputting for a selection set of entities

Sometimes the most convenient method of identifying the entities for which output is required is by selecting the entities in a Graphic view. One way of transporting the current selection set to the entity list for an Output view is to copy the selection in the Graphic view and then paste this into the entity list for the Output view.

An automated way of achieving this is, on the Lists toolbar for the Output view, to set the display option to the required entity and then setting the display list to <current selection>. When an entity list is set to <current selection> that entity list is set to the current selection set for that entity type and is updated as the current selection is modified. If the current selection is empty then all is assumed. Unlike in graphic views, the <current selection> setting remains set and the list continues to be updated with the current selection until the <current selection> setting is switched off.