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object. To select groups for editing with grips, use the pointing device to select
the group at the Command prompt.
To control whether all grouped objects can be selected individually
Do one of the following:
■ At the Command prompt, enter pickstyle. Enter 1 to turn on group
selection. Objects within groups can be selected as a group only, not
individually.
■ At the Command prompt, enter pickstyle. Enter 0 to turn off group
selection. Objects within groups can be selected individually only, not as
a group.
■ At any time, turn group selection on and off by pressing either Ctrl+H or
Ctrl+Shift+A.
To control selectability for a specific group
1 At the Command prompt, enter group.
2 In the Object Grouping dialog box, under Group Name, click the group
for which you want to change selectability.
3 Under Change Group, click Selectable.
This changes whether objects within the group are either selectable as a
group, subject to the PICKSTYLE system variable. If selectability is turned
off, the objects in a group are selectable only as individual objects. At the
top of the Object Grouping dialog box, under Selectable, each group
displays its current status.
4 Click OK.
To turn group selection on and off for all groups
Quick Reference
GROUP
Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups.
PICKSTYLE
Controls the use of group selection and associative hatch selection.
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