Proxy entities are entities or custom objects that CADdirect does not support. When a drawing containing proxy entities is loaded into CADdirect, a message displays indicating that some entities will not display, however, the entities reappear when you open the drawing later in a CAD application that supports those entities.
Proxy entities can be selected using typical selection methods, but they can also be selected using a filter, for example, you might want to select all proxies and place them on a hidden layer or delete them if you know they won’t be needed in the future.
To select proxy entities using a filter
1 Activate an entity-modification command, or type select.
2 Choose Filter.
3 Choose Proxy.
4 If desired, add or remove more entities using a filter:
• Choose any other filter option to add more entities to the selection set.
• Choose Remove to remove entities from the selection set according to the filter you choose next.
A prompt displays the total number of entities in the selection set.
5 To complete the selection, press Enter.
