Groups Manager dialog box
Use the Groups Manager dialog box to:
- Create, modify, and delete entity groups and subgroups
- Select a group prior to performing a function
- View only entities in a selected group
- Specify color attributes for a selected group
A number of functions temporarily minimize the Groups Manager dialog box and position the cursor in the graphics window. This allows you to use general selection techniques to select entities. To reopen the Groups Manager dialog box, press [Enter] or choose an end selection function from the Selection Bar.
When you select a group from the group list, the entities in that group are highlighted in the graphics window.
Parameters
Number of groups
Read-only. Displays the total number of groups assigned to entities in the graphics window.
Group list
Displays all groups that have been created from entities in the graphics window. For most functions in this dialog box, you first select one or more groups from the list, and then choose the function. To select groups, use Windows-based selection methods.
New
Opens the Group Name dialog box where you specify the new group name. Closing this dialog box positions the cursor in the graphics window where you select entities to add to the new group.
Add to
Temporarily minimizes the Groups Manager dialog box and positions the cursor in the graphics window where you select the entities to add to the group.
Remove from
Temporarily minimizes the Groups Manager dialog box and positions the cursor in the graphics window where you select the group entities to remove.
View
Temporarily minimizes the Groups Manager dialog box and filters the view of entities in the graphic window to just those that are assigned to the selected groups.
Delete
When you select one or more groups in the group list, use this function to ungroup entities and delete the selected groups.
Subgroup
Creates a subgroup when you assign the selected group to a parent group. Subgroups provide an additional layer of data management.
- A subgroup can belong to only one parent group.
- A subgroup cannot be a parent group to another subgroup.
- A subgroup requires a unique name, different from any existing parent group and subgroup.
Undo sub
Allows you to remove the selected subgroup from the associated parent group and change it to a parent group.
Select
Temporarily minimizes the Groups Manager dialog box and positions the cursor in the graphics window where you can select one or more entities that are assigned to one or more groups. In the Groups Manager dialog box, the groups assigned to the selected entities appear highlighted.
Colors
Opens the Group Color dialog box where you specify the group entity color. You can assign the same color to all entities in a group, or allow the entities in the group to retain their original color attributes.
