Extend line on top of the other lines

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I am trying to extend a line, but for some reasons, it does not select the line that I am aiming to extend; instead it selects the line below the aimed line! Please advise.

mwlong · Answer

Use tentative snap. Keep pressing tentative snap until the proper line is selected. Or, if you just data point on a line and it is not the correct line, right click and it should select the next line.

Jan Šlegr · Answer

Hi Yukio, 
 Yukio said: I am trying to extend a line 
 Please respect the best practices and specify what do you use and its exact version (e.g. build number). 
 Also, in the discussed case, provide information what tool or key-in you use to extend the line, because several different options exist. 
 Yukio said: instead it selects the line below the aimed line! 
 Overlapping elements are usually selected in the same order they are stored in DGN file, but I think there is not publicly defined rule. 
 A selection can be "rotated" in different way, but the most typical way (as mwlong wrote already) to select "some" element using data point (left mouse button) and not the right one is selected, to use reset (right mouse button) to ask MicroStation to try to select another one in location tolerance. 
 Another option is to use Tab key, but it is better when snap points should be changed and also it also requires an interaction with keyboard, whereas data point / reset mechanism is "mouse only" (and so simpler and quicker) way ;-) 
 With regards, 
 Jan

Extend line on top of the other lines

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