Group Manager

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Menu: Modify > Groups > Group Manager

Keyboard: GROUP, or -GROUP to run command line version

Alias: G

Experience Level: Intermediate

Displays the Group Manager dialog box so you can create and edit groups of entities.

DIALOG BOX OPTIONS

Name Displays a list of all groups in the current drawing. If not all groups display in the list, try marking Display unnamed groups.

List Groups by Entity Allows you to select entities in your drawing in the order you want them to appear in the list.

Highlight Selected Group Allows you to select a group in your drawing, and have that group highlighted in the list.

Display Unnamed Groups Displays groups without names in the list.

(New) Name Enter a name of a new group that you want to create.

(New) Description Enter a description of the new group.

(New) Selectable Choose whether you want the whole group to be selected in your drawing when you select one entity of the group.

Create as Unnamed Group Select if you want the group to be created without a name.

Select Entities and Create Group Click to select the entities that you want to include in the new group.

(Modify) Name Enter a new name for the group you selected in the list, then click Rename Group.

(Modify) Description Enter a new description for the group you selected in the list, then click Change Group Description.

(Modify) Selectable Changes whether the whole group is selected in the drawing when you select one entity of the group.

Reorder Entities Opens the Reorder Grouped Entities dialog box, which allows you to change the order of entities in the group.

Add Entities to Group Allows you to select an entity in your drawing to add to the group.

Remove Entities from Group Allows you to select an entity in your drawing to remove it from the group.

Ungroup Entities Ungroups the entities in the group you selected in the list. The group is deleted, but the entities remain in your drawing.