-Group

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

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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