User Guide
User Guide
User Guide

Add to Graphic Group

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Used to do the following:

You can use selection sets to select multiple elements to include in a named group or graphic group.

Tool SettingEffect
Named Group

(Existing named groups present in model only) If on, lets you select from the drop-down list of existing named groups present in the model.

Create New Named Group icon

Opens the Create Named Groupdialog box, which lets you create a new named group.

Open Named Group Dialog icon

Opens the Named Groups dialog box, which lets you create and modify named groups and their hierarchies.

Member Type

Lets you define the way that other members of a named group are affected when a member of the named group is manipulated or selected.

For each Member Type option, three Change Propagation settings control the behaviour of members in a named group. They define when a member can propagate changes To other members, can have changes propagated From other members, and can propagate changes To other groups.

In each case, the Change Propagation options are Group Lock (effective only when Graphic Group Lock is on), Never (propagation never occurs), or Always (propagation always occurs).

Another setting, Selectable, which can be toggled on/off in the Named Groups dialog box, can override the above settings when members are chosen with the Element Selection tool. If Selectable is on, then all members of the named group will be selected. If it is off, the above change propagation rules apply.

  • Active
    • — Change Propagation is set to Group Lock for To other members and From other members, and to Never for To other groups.
  • Passive
    • — Change Propagation is set to Never for To other members, to Group Lock for From other members, and to Never for To other groups.
  • Custom
    • — When selected, the tool settings dialog box expands to provide option menus that let you set the Change Propagation as required for the three options: To other members, From other members, To other groups.
To create a named group
  1. Select the Add to Graphic Group tool.

  2. Click the Create New Named Group icon.
    The Create Named Group dialog box opens.

  3. Enter a name and, optionally, a description for the named group.

  4. (Optional) If required, turn on Select all members when any member selected.
    (With this setting on and when Graphic Group lock is on, all members will be selected when any member is selected with the Element Selection tool. This applies regardless of the members' propagation settings.

  5. Click OK.

To add elements to a Named Group
  1. Select the Add to Graphic Group tool.

  2. Turn on Named Group.

  3. From the Named Group drop-down list, select the Named Group.

  4. Set the Member Type to the required setting.

  5. Identify the element(s) to be added.

  6. Accept.

To create a graphic group or add elements to a graphic group
  1. Select the Add to Graphic Group tool.

  2. Identify the first element.
    If the element is not in a graphic group, a new graphic group is created.
    If the element is in a graphic group, all elements subsequently identified are added to that graphic group.

  3. Identify another element(s) to add to the graphic group.

  4. Accept the graphic group.

Using a selection set to add elements to a graphic group
  1. Use the Element Selection tool to select the required elements.

  2. Select the Add to Graphic Group tool.

  3. Accept the graphic group.

Key-in: GROUP ADD