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Edit Groups
You can modify groups in a number of ways, including changing their
membership, modifying their properties, revising the names and descriptions
of groups, and removing them from the drawing.
Edit Objects as a Group
When group selection is turned on, you can move, copy, rotate, and modify
groups just as you can modify individual objects. If you need to edit objects
within a group, turn off group selection or use grips to edit individual objects.
For more information, see
Select Objects in Groups on page 715.
In some circumstances, it is useful to control the order in which objects that
belong to the same group are selected. For example, a custom routine that
generates toolpaths for numerical control devices might depend on a series
of contiguous objects in a specified order.
You can reorder group members in two ways: either change the numerical
position of individual members or ranges of group members, or reverse the
order of all members. The first object in each group is number 0, not number
1.
Change Group Components, Name, or Description
With the Object Grouping dialog box, you can specify objects to be added to
or removed from a group at any time. You can also revise a group's name or
description. If deleting an object or removing it from a group leaves the group
empty, the group remains defined but without any members.
NOTE Exploding an object such as a block instance or hatch that belongs to a
group does not automatically add the resulting components to any group.
Remove Groups
You can delete a group definition by using the “explode” option in the Object
Grouping dialog box. This operation is not the same as exploding a block,
hatch, or dimension. Objects that belonged to the exploded group remain in
the drawing.
As a result, the group is disbanded but the members are not changed in any
other way.
To delete a named group
1 At the Command prompt, enter group.
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