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Select Objects in Groups
You can select groups by name at the Select Objects prompt. If the PICKSTYLE
system variable is set to 1 or 3 and you select any member of a selectable
group, AutoCAD selects all group members that meet the selection criteria.
You can also toggle group selection on and off by pressing
CTRL +H or
SHIFT + CTRL + A.
All members of selectable groups are also selected when you use object selec-
tion cycling (for example, if you want to select an object that lies directly
behind another object). Selecting an object that is a member of more than
one selectable group selects all the members of all the groups that contain
that object. To select groups for editing with grips, use the pointing device to
select the group at the Command prompt.
To toggle group selection
■ At any time, toggle group selection on and off by pressing either CTRL +H
or
SHIFT+ CTRL + A.
Edit Groups
At any time, you can add or remove group members and rename groups. You
can also copy, mirror, and array groups. Erasing a group member deletes that
object from the group definition. When a group member is included in a
deleted block, the object is deleted from the drawing and also from the
group. If deleting an object or removing it from a group leaves the group
empty, the group remains defined. You can remove the group definition by
exploding the group. Exploding a group deletes it from a drawing. Objects
that were part of the group remain in the drawing.
You can alter the group’s member order (the order in which the objects were
selected), its description, and whether it’s selectable. You can reorder group
members in two ways: either change the numerical position of individual or
ranges of group members or reverse the order of all members. The first object
in each group is number 0, not number 1.
Note Exploding an object in a group removes the exploded components from
the group definition. See “Disassociate Compound Objects (Explode)” on page
420 for more information.