2012

Access Methods
Ribbon: Home tab ➤ Groups panel ➤ Named Groups
Menu: Tools ➤ Group Manager
Toolbar: Group
Summary
Groups provide an easy way to combine drawing elements that you need to
manipulate as a unit.
List of Options
The following options are displayed.
Group Displays the names of existing groups. Group names can be up to 31
characters long and can include letters, numbers, and the special characters
dollar sign ($), hyphen (-), and underscore (_), but not spaces. The name is
converted to uppercase characters.
When Include Unnamed Groups is selected, this list includes default names
assigned to unnamed groups (*A1, *A2, and so on).
Selectable Specifies whether a group is selectable. When a group is selectable,
selecting one object in the group selects the whole group. Objects on locked
or frozen layers are not selected.
When a group is not selectable, the light bulb icon is unavailable and selecting
a single group member selects only that object. When thePICKSTYLE system
variable is set to 0, no groups are selectable.
Description Describes the selected group. You can enter descriptions at any
time. Select the group name, and then click in the Description column.
Include Unnamed Groups Specifies whether unnamed groups are listed.
When this option is cleared, only named groups are displayed.
Create Group Creates a new group composed of objects you have selected.
When you click Create Group, the cursor moves to the Group column, and
you can enter a group name.
Ungroup Removes the selected group from the list in the Group Manager and
removes the association of objects in the group.
Add to Group Adds selected objects to the group selected under Group.
Remove from Group Removes selected objects from the group selected under
Group. To use this option, selectability must be off.
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