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9.2 Grouping Objects
When multiple objects are selected by dragging the cursor around them, they may be grouped by clicking on the group tool.
If an object is not fully encompassed by the drag, it is not selected. When a group is selected, it may be broken up into its
separate objects by clicking the ungroup tool. Object grouping can be called from the
Edit
menu
Group or Ungroup
items
or by clicking on the appropriate Toolbar icons.
Command
Tool
Description
Group
Groups the selected objects.
Ungroup
Breaks apart the selected group into objects.
Group Operations:
Once objects are grouped, they are moved as one object.
Clicking on any object of the group selects the entire group.
A Group selected by dragging around it can be saved to Group Library.
If the group only consists of drawn objects, it can be saved to the Shape Library.
9.3 Editing Object Attributes
Object attributes can be edited by clicking on the object to show its black “handles”. There are different ways to access
objects attributes.
1. Click on the
Edit icon to call up its Attributes Dialog.
2. Double click on the object to call up its Attributes Dialog.
3. From
the
Edit
menu, select the
Change Attribute…
command.
4. Alternately, the parts attributes can be edited by right clicking on the part and selecting
Attributes
from the pop up shortcut menu.
5. Double-click on an object ID number in the Window Treebar Object tab.
Edit the different settings as desired.
9.3.1 Text Editing tools:
Once a Text object is placed, the toolbar text editing tools can be used to change some of the characteristics.
Note:
There are no corresponding menu commands for these tools.
Note
: These tools can also be used on highlighted Part Labels as well.
Tool
Description
This tool is used to change font size. Simply select the size you want from the dropdown.
These tools are used to increment and decrement the font size by one size.
Note:
You cannot use these tools to reduce the font size to 8.
These tools are used for changing the text alignment for multiple lines of text. Options are Left,
Center and Right justify commands.
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