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Grouped Objects Properties

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This topic focuses on grouped and merged objects, not Selected Group of Objects Properties.

For the Properties of a selection of objects, see Grouped Objects Properties.

Use the Grouped Objects Properties to edit the individual proprietary adjustments available for the grouped objects.

Editing Grouped Objects

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Optionally, Right-Click on the grouped opening and select Edit.

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See Also: Group Selection.

Selecting a Group of Openings and Merging Them

Grouping a selection of openings will treat the openings as one object. Any overlapping sections sharing the same bevel type will merge together.

How to Select the Openings

  • To select objects, click and draw a box around the desired group of objects.

  • Click Advanced Tab.

  • Click Group Selection.

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  • Optionally, hold down the Shift or CTRL key and click on each object with the mouse to select them.

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  • The openings with be grouped together and is now a single object.

  • Any overlapping parts sharing the same bevel type will merge together.

Ungroup Selection

The Merged Objects section allows the user to ungroup the currently grouped and merged objects.

  • The Ungroup Selection button ungroups and unmerges previously grouped and merged objects.

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Dimensions

Use the Dimension Section to edit and/or lock the grouped object dimensions, set the X/Y positioning, or rotate the grouped object.

Dimensions

  • Enter the object Width. 

  • Enter the object Height. 

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titleSizes Button Definition

The Sizes button displays the Recent and Standard sizes.

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titleSwap Button Definition

The Swap button switches values between the width/height fields.

Lock or Unlock Size

Lock the size of the object to avoid adjusting it when dragging the mouse.

  • Click unlock to Lock the size of the current object. 

  • Click locked to Unlock the size of the current object.

X and Y Position Fields

Use the X/Y fields to move objects to specific horizontal/vertical coordinates.

  • Enter the new X position to move the selected object horizontally.

  • Enter the new Y to move the selected object vertically.

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titleX Position Definition

The X Position field is used to manually set the horizontal position of the selected template object. 

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titleY Position Definition

The Y Position field is used to manually set the vertical position of the selected template object. 

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Rotation Entry Field 

  • Enter the desired degree of Rotation* for the selected object.

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titleRotation Definition

Rotation is the action of rotating an object around an axis or center.

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  • The selected object will pivot from the center point.  

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Merge Paths

The Merge Paths checkbox merges any overlapped openings into one opening.

  • Click Merge Paths to merge any overlapping openings.

  • Uncheck Merge Paths to group any overlapped openings but does not merge them. 

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  • This is useful if the user wants to bring the overlapped openings into Trace to manually merge them as desired.