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Open Group 105
All members of a group inherit the visibility of
the parent when a visibility controller is assigned
to the parent.
Groups are considered whole objects in the Light
Exclude/Include dialog , so you can exclude (or
include) all objects in a group by selecting the
group in the list. If a group is nested within
another group, only the "outer" group is available
in the list. To exclude only certain objects in
a group, open the group before displa ying the
Exclude/Include dialog.
Pr ocedur es
To define a group:
1.
Select two or more objects.
2. Choose Group menu > Group.
A dialog appears requesting a name for the
group.
3. Enter a name for the group and click OK.
To define a nested group:
1.
Selecttwoormoregroupsoranycombination
of groups and objects.
2. Choose Group > Group.
A dialog appears requesting a name for the
group.
3. Enteranameforthenewgroupobjectandclick
OK.
Open Gr oup
Select one or more groups. > Group menu > Open
The Open command lets you ungroup a group
temporarily, and access objects within a g roup.
You can tr ansform and modify the objects within
the group independently from the rest of the
group, then restore the original group using the
Close command.
Procedures
To open a group:
1.
Selectoneormoregroups.
2. Cho ose Group > Open. A pink bounding b ox
appears, and the objects in the group are now
accessible.
To open nested gr oups:
1.
Select the group within the opened g roup.
2. Choose Group > Open.
Cl os e Group
Select the pink dum my objec t o f an opened group. >
Group menu > Close
The Close command regroups an opened group.
For nested groups, closing the outermost group
object closes all open inner groups.
When you link an object to a closed group, the
object becomes a child of the group paren t rather
than of any member of the group. The entire group
flashes to show that you’ve linked to the group.
Procedures
To close al l opened gr oups nes ted wit hin a ma in
gr oup :
1.
Select the pink bounding box representing the
main g roup.
2. Choose Group > Close.
To close a nested gr oup:
1.
Select any object in the nested group or its
dummy.
2. Choose Group > Close.