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Overview of Groups
A group is a saved set of objects that you can select and edit together or
separately as needed. Groups provide an easy way to combine drawing elements
that you need to manipulate as a unit. You can create them quickly and with
a default name.
TIP Groups are useful in associating 3D solids when you do not want to combine
them with a Boolean operation.
You can change the components of groups as you work by adding or removing
objects.
In some ways, groups resemble blocks, which provide another method of
combining objects into a named set. For example, the groups you create are
saved from session to session. However, you can edit individual objects in
groups more easily than you can edit them in blocks, which must be exploded
first. Unlike blocks, groups cannot be shared with other drawings.
Quick Reference
GROUP
Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups.
PICKSTYLE
Controls the use of group selection and associative hatch selection.
Create Groups
In addition to choosing the objects that will become the members of a group,
you can give the group a name and description.
When you create a group, you can give the group a name and description. If
you copy a group, the copy is given the default name Ax and is considered
unnamed. Unnamed groups are not listed in the Object Grouping dialog box
unless you select Include Unnamed.
If you choose a member of a group that can be selected for inclusion in a new
group, all members of the former group are included in the new group.
The objects in your drawing can be members of more than one group, and
groups themselves can be nested in other groups. You can ungroup a nested
group to restore the original group configuration.
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