Pointer Erase ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

• Lets you delete one or multiple pointers that you select. Selection filtering is built in.
• If you preselect multiple types of objects, Pointer Erase deletes only those pointers that were part of your preselection. Click here for an example. Preselection is done in Select Items mode. Here are the steps:
  
  

  Select Items bindings (for preselection)

  
  
  1. Draw an area box or hold down the Shift key and left-click ( Select+ ) several objects of the same type or of different types.
  2. Invoke Pointer Erase .
  3. The pointers are deleted. All other objects that were in your selection continue to exist.
• In-tool selection takes place when you invoke Pointer Edit with nothing selected or with object types other than pointers selected. The tool brings up Select Item(s) mouse bindings, and the status line prompts you select pointers. Here are the steps:
  
  
  1. Invoke Pointer Erase .
     
     

     Select Item(s) bindings are activated.

  2. Select one or more objects. Built-in selection filtering restricts you to selecting pointers. Press the Enter key when you are done selecting the objects.
  3. The pointers are deleted.
• To invoke Pointer Erase :
  

  ▸ Click the Pointer Erase icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Objects -- Pointers ' and placed on the ribbon.

  ▸ Pointer Erase can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . Configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .

Also see :

• Drawing Editor (where Pointer Erase is a tool)
• Pointers (topic)
• Show ( Pointer Erase can be used to delete objects on visible layers only)
• Delete (the generic Delete tool)
• Delete key (a good way to invoke Delete )
• Undo (can undo Pointer Erase )
• Layer Erase (erases all objects on a layer)