# SELECTSIMILARMODE System Variable [GstarCAD 2020](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2020/Index.md) → [System Variables](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2020/System%20Variables/(System%20Variables).md) → [S](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2020/System%20Variables/S/(S).md) ## Function Description: The SELECTSIMILARMODE system variable is used to control which property must be matched when using SELECTSIMILAR command to select objects with the same type. | | | | --- | --- | | Type | Bitcode | | Saved in | Use-settings | | Initial value | 130 | | Range | 0 \~ 255 | It may be seemed as the similar object when objects with the same type locating on the same layer; for external reference, objects with the same name will be treated as similar objects. ## System Variable Value: **0:**object type **1:** color **2:** layer **4:** linetype **8:** linetype scale **16:** lineweight **32:**plot style **64:**object style, including text style, dimension style, and table style **128:**name, for reference objects(including blocks, xrefs, and images) --- ## Other versions with matching text [GstarCAD 2016](../../../2016/System%20Variables/S/SELECTSIMILARMODE%20System%20Variable.md) · [GstarCAD 2017](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2017/System%20Variables/S/SELECTSIMILARMODE%20System%20Variable.md) · [GstarCAD 2018](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2018/System%20Variables/S/SELECTSIMILARMODE%20System%20Variable.md) · [GstarCAD 2019](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2019/System%20Variables/S/SELECTSIMILARMODE%20System%20Variable.md) · [GstarCAD 2021](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2021/System%20Variables/S/SELECTSIMILARMODE%20System%20Variable.md) · [GstarCAD 2022](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2022/System%20Variables/S/SELECTSIMILARMODE%20System%20Variable.md)