Operation Manual

Working with objects | 229
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Click Object Group Group objects.
You can create a nested group by selecting two or more groups of objects and clicking Object Group Group objects.
The status bar indicates that a group of objects is selected.
You can select objects from different layers and group them; however, once grouped, the objects will reside on the same layer, based
on the last selected object.
You can also group objects by dragging an object’s name in the Object manager docker over the name of another object.
To add an object to a group
• In the Object manager docker, drag the name of the object to the name of the group that you want to add it to.
If the Object manager docker is not open, click Window Object manager.
To remove an object from a group
• Double-click the name of the group in the Object manager docker, and do one of the following:
• To remove an object from a group, drag it out of the group in the object list.
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To delete an object that’s in a group, select the object in the object list and click Edit Delete.
If the Object manager docker is not open, click Window Object manager.
You can select an object within a group by holding Ctrl and clicking the object. You can then press Delete to delete the object from
the drawing.
To edit a single object in a group
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Click the Pick tool .
2 Hold down Ctrl, and click an object in a group.
3 Edit the object.
You can also select a single object in a group by clicking the name of the object in the Object manager docker. To access the Object
manager docker, click Window Object manager.
To ungroup objects
1 Select one or more groups.
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Click Object Group, and click one of the following commands:
• Ungroup — ungroups single objects but leaves nested groups intact
• Ungroup all — ungroups all objects, including objects in nested groups
Combining objects
Combining two or more objects creates a single object with common fill and outline attributes. This feature is often used to create objects
with holes.