# Lasso [GstarCAD 2024](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2024/Index.md) → [What's new](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2024/What's%20new/(What's%20new).md) The traditional box selection mode is to select entities by drawing rectangles or polygons, which is more convenient if only simple graphics need to be selected. But if the user needs to select a complex graphic, or only want to select a certain part of a graphic, the use of the box selection to select this complex, small range of entities, the operation will be more difficult, needs to select a number of times in order to get the results you want, and the lasso selection compared to the box selection, more suitable for this specific area of the selection, the user can free to draw different selection areas to select entities. ## Lasso selection 1.To use a lasso, hold the mouse button down while dragging the mouse to create the lasso. When you release the mouse button, the lasso is completed. 2.A lasso provides three modes: window, crossing window, or fence. Pressing the spacebar cycles through the lasso modes.    3.Compatibility: Optimizes the PICKAUTO system variable for consistency with ACAD. 4.Box Selection Improvement: You can directly specify the opposite corner when box selecting, and added the options of Fence (F), WPolygon (WP) and CPolygon (CP), which can be switched to Fence or polygonal box selection by inputting keywords. --- [Original help](https://www.gstarcad.net/help/GstarCAD_2024_en-US/detail/GstarCAD2024NEW/Lasso.html) · © Gstarsoft Co., Ltd.