-Group

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Classic, Pro and Platinum, Bricscad (Linux) Classic and Pro

Creates and modifies named groups of entities, at the command line.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  -group

 

: -group

Prompts you in the command bar:

Enter group option [? to list/Order/Add/Remove/Un-group/REName/Selectable/Create] <Create>: (Enter an option.)

Command Options

Option

Description

? to list

Lists named and unnamed groups in the drawing, and then exits the command. Sample listing:

Group name: SIDEVIEW

Group description: Side View of Boiler

Selectable: Yes

Unnamed groups are prefixed with *A, followed by an incremented number, such as *A3.

Order

Reverses the order of entities in a group; prompts you:

Enter a group name or ? to list - specify the name of a group.

Reverse order - enter Y or N.

Add

Adds entities to a group; prompts you:

Enter a group name or ? to list - specify the name of a group.

Select entities - choose one or more entities, and then press Enter.

Remove

Removes entities from a group; prompts you:

Enter a group name or ? to list - specify the name of a group.

Select entities - choose one or more entities, and then press Enter.

Un-group

Removes entities from the group, and then removes the group from the drawing; prompts you:

Enter a group name or ? to list - specify the name of a group.

REName

Renames groups; prompts you:

Enter a group name or ? to list - specify the name of a group.

Enter new name - specify a different name for the group.

Selectable

Toggles the selectability of groups; prompts you:

Enter a group name or ? to list - specify the name of a group.

This group is selectable, do you want to change it -- enter Y or N.

Create

Creates new groups; prompts you:

Enter a group name or ? to list [* to create unnamed] - enter a name, or press * for an unnamed group.

Enter description - enter a description, or press Enter for no description.

Select entities - choose one or more entities.

Select entities - choose more entities, or press Enter to create the group.

 


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