Pat, What I did is went to each mode without invoking any commands and set the find filter for the objects of interest. So right now I have different find options for both General Edit Mode and etch edit mode. When in etch edit and selecting done after a trace has been routed, the Find filter does indeed retain the settings I gave it. This is what I was after So it is interesting though not really obvious that you would have to set find for each mode in advance. You have me wondering now if those find settings get retained on a config file or are they on a database by database basis ? If by a database retention only then a little macro should be an ez fix, Or save out a brd as a template for new designs. Rick had pointed out about using the tab key too as a method to cycle the find objects. I had configured the data tips earlier and it is all working very well. I really like how Allegro is handling etch, it is extremely fluid. To automate things a bit I configured two strokes, One for adding clines and one to delete them. This thing is just working great and it is fast too. I don't even have to touch a menu for those items now... it is pretty cool. I was looking for a way to include the "toggle" option so it would remain checked always while routing, that mode just seems better to me than the unchecked default, anyway I incorporated that into the stroke command and Success ! Yay !. I guess the secret if you will is in the prep. Thanks for the help and a really good tip on this, thanks to Rick too. All the best Paul.
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