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In some ways, groups resemble blocks, which provide another method of
combining objects into a named set. For example, groups 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
CLASSICGROUP
Opens the legacy Object Grouping dialog box.
GROUP
Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups.
GROUPDISPLAYMODE
Controls the display and grips on groups, when group selection is on.
PICKFIRST
Controls whether you select objects before (noun-verb selection) or after you
issue a command.
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.
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.
When group selection is on (PICKSTYLE system variable set to 1 or 3), selecting
a member of an exitsting group for inclusion in a new group, selects all
members of the former group. To enable individual seleciton of grouped
objects turn group selection off (PICKSTYLE set to 0 or 2).
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