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Ungroup 103
When you l in k an object to a closed group, the
object becomes a child of the group parent rather
than of any member of the group. The entire group
flashes to show that you’ve linked to the group.
Pr ocedur es
To close al l opened gr oups nested withi n a main
group:
1.
Select the pink bounding box representing the
main group.
2. Choose Group > Close.
To close a nested group:
1.
Select any object in the nested group or its
dummy.
2. Choose Group > Close.
Ungroup
Select one or more groups. > Group menu > Ungroup
Ungroup separates the current group into its
component objects or groups.
The Ungroup command ungroups one level,
unlike
Explode (page 1–103) ,whichungroupsall
levels of nested groups.
When you Ungroup a group, the objects within the
group lose all group transforms that were applied
on nonzero frames, but they retain any individual
animation.
All ungrouped entities remain in the current
selection set.
Procedure
To ungr oup a gr oup:
1.
Select one or more groups.
2. ChooseGroup>Ungroup.
All components of the group remain selected,
but are no longer part of the group. The group
dummy is deleted.
Ex plode Group
Select one or more groups. > Group menu > Explode
The Explode command ung roups all objects in a
group, regardless of the number of nested groups,
unlike
Ungroup (page 1–103) ,whichungroups
one level only.
As with the Ungroup command, all exploded
entities remain in the current selection set.
Wa rni ng: Ungroup and Explode remove all transform
animations that have been applied to the group as a
whole. As with the Ungroup command, all exploded
entities remain in the current selec tion set.
Procedure
To ex plode a group:
1.
Selectoneormoregroups.
2. ChooseGroup>Explode.
All objects in the groups remain selected but no
longer belong to groups. All nested groups are
exploded. All group dummies in the selection
are deleted.
Detach Group
Select a group. > Group menu > Open > Select one or
more obje cts detach. > Group menu > Detach
The Detach command detaches the selected object
from its group.
This command becomes active when you open the
group by choosing the Open comm and from t he
Group menu.