Groups in WYSIWYG

This section outlines the basic rules that apply when grouping objects in WYSIWYG.

Groups are objects that exist on layers

In WYSIWYG, a Group is a physical object that exists on a layer.

When you initiate the Group command, the resulting Group will become an object that is placed on the current Layer. The objects contained within the Group will continue to exist on the Layer(s) on which they were created until you change their Layer(s); to do this, Ungroup the objects, change their Layer, and then Group them once more.

You can select Groups only in CAD Wireframe views. You cannot select Groups in PRES, DESIGN, or LIVE modes.

Changing a group’s layer

You can see which Layer belongs to by selecting the Group in Wireframe, accessing its Properties window, and switching to the Group tab. In the Group tab, the selected Layer is highlighted in the Layers list and has a white arrow to the left of its name, to indicate the Layer that the Group is on.

You can change the Layer for the Group itself in the Group tab by selecting another Layer then clicking Apply/OK.

Notes:

• When a Group is selected, selecting another Layer from the drop-down list on the Layer toolbar will change the Layer for the Group itself, not for the objects within it.
• The Layer that appears selected on the General tab of the Properties window of a selected Group, is the Layer which contains the objects within the Group - and if these objects are on different Layers, no Layer will appear selected.

Dynamic group outline

The Dynamic Group Outline feature helps you identify Groups in WYSIWYG.

Dynamic Group Outline is a dashed framing outline that encloses all the objects within a Group.

Dynamic Group Outline appears in all Wireframe views in CAD and DATA modes. It appears as soon as a new Group is created. It appears as a cube in Isometric View.

The color of the Dynamic Group Outline is the color of the Layer that the Group belongs to. This color cannot be changed, except by changing the color of the Layer itself, or the Layer’s Print Color.

Dynamic Group Outline will not appear:

• In Shaded views.
• If one or more Selection Sets are selected.

Note: (Exception) If a Selection Set includes one or more Groups, Dynamic Group Outline will apply to the Group(s).

• If a single hang structure made of Assembled Truss is selected. (Assembled Truss is a special type of Group.)

Note: (Exception) Dynamic Group Outline will appear if two or more hang structures that were Grouped together are selected, even if at least one of these hang structures is an Assembled Truss.