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Today the only option is manually select. If it is possible to assign a "sublayout" attribute with value telling to which part an object belong selection would be easy.

I guess there would a sub layout selector then drawing layout with possibility to right click and select all objects belonging to layout.


> What are some recommended ways to move around portions of a pcb layout?
> 
> For example, say I want to move a set of 60 components (with inter-connecting traces) and shift them up and over by a few inches?
> I know that I can drag select, but often only parts of components are selected that way (some pads, but not the whole element), and then I spend a fair amount of time individually selecting traces/elements that were not captured by the drag select. This is especially true in a dense region of board where a drag select of components that I want would also select the components that I want to leave alone.  I always end up with a lot of Shift-clicking to select what I want (and only what I want).
> 
> I usually end up turning off silk & pins/pads, then drag selecting the traces + vias, then turning back on the silk & pins/pads to grab the elements.  But I’m sure that there’s a better way.
> 
> Thanks,
> James