Group

Use Group  to make a more permanent group of all the currently selected objects. Use Group to group the objects permanently, or to make a temporary Group while moving or editing them.

Note: A group can be modified in the same way as a selection. You can move, resize, mirror and rotate it.

Group

 can only be used in conjunction with one of the selection tools.

The grouped objects are surrounded by a selection box. The group can be scaled, rotated and mirrored.

Note: If you click outside the selection box, and then click one of the objects within the group, the objects will still be grouped.

Gallery designs  are made from groups. You can use the FilmStrip to see the objects inside group structures such as the design Hearts in the Objects Category.

Create a Group of Objects

• Select several objects in the FilmStrip or on the canvas, then click Group .

• Select several objects, then choose Draw > Group > Group.

• Press ⌘G

Group Several Objects

1. In the Draw Tab  of the Design Panel , use Freehand Draw 

   

   to draw several short lines in the drawing area.

   

2. Look at the Group area in the toolbar. The tools are currently dimmed (unavailable).

3. Use Box Select  to drag a rectangle around the lines to select them. The Group tools are now active.

4. While the lines are selected as a block, in the toolbar click Group . The block is changed into a group.

   

5. Move, rotate and resize the group as a single unit.

6. Click outside the group to deselect it. The Box Select tool is now active again, and Group is dimmed.
   Note: In the same way that an object partially outside the selection does not become part of a block, only objects fully inside the selection can become part of a group.

Highlighting a Group or Line

You can select existing objects on the canvas when a selection tool is active.

1. Place a mixture of lines and groups in the drawing area.

   

2. Deselect the drawing tool.

3. Click outside the drawing area to deselect everything.

4. Click to select a line. If it is part of a group the whole group will be displayed as a block. If it is not, the line will form a block on its own.

5. Move the pointer over the canvas. As it goes over a selected line the pointer changes from an arrow

   

    to a four-headed arrow

   

   .

6. To select all objects at once, click Select All .
   You can view the complete structure of your drawing in the FilmStrip.

Multiple Select

Grouping Selected Objects

Ungroup

Ungroup All

Multiple Select and Groups