Ungroup

Use Ungroup to split the currently selected group into the designs which make it up. These may be embroideries, or lettering, SuperDesigns, frames, Decoration SuperDesigns, and monograms.

Ungroup can only be used when a group is selected.

Shortcuts

• Home Tab; Group:

  

• Keys: Alt, H, U

Reveal Groups

Use Reveal Groups  on the FilmStrip or context menu to select and edit individual designs within a group. See Reveal Groups.

The designs remain grouped, but they can be moved, rotated, mirrored and resized or scaled individually.

Christmas Greetings: Multiple Select and Group Designs

1. Click File at the top left to open the Welcome screen.

2. In the Welcome screen, click Blank Canvas  to start a new project. The Hoop selection dialog opens.

3. From the Universal Hoop Group, set the Hoop Size to 260mm x 200mm - Universal Large Hoop 3, Rotated orientation. Click OK.

4. In the Quick Access toolbar, click Insert .

5. In the folder \mySewnet\Samples\Embroidery\Stitch load the embroidery 'Gifts & Candy Canes'.
   This is an embroidery; it has white handles showing that it is initially in Scale rather than Resize mode.

6. Move the embroidery to the right side of the hoop.

7. Click the SuperDesign tab and select the Christmas Tree 1 SuperDesign in the Holidays Category.

8. Set the Size of the SuperDesign to 90mm, then click Apply .
   The SuperDesign has green handles. For more about SuperDesigns, see Creating SuperDesigns.

9. Move the christmas tree SuperDesign to the left of the hoop, a little above the gifts embroidery.

10. Click the Letter tab and enter the words "Merry Christmas" in the Letters box.

11. In the Font drop-down list select the font Ivy 2C 15-60mm in the Floral Category. Ensure that the Lettering Shape is Horizontal Block, and the Size is 15mm.

12. Click Apply and move the lettering to the bottom of the screen, in the middle.

The lettering has green handles. For more about lettering see Creating Lettering.

13. Click the Frame tab.

14. In the Frames drop-down menu, select banner 3 in the Banners 2 category.

15. Ensure that Group is selected in Frame Surround.
    The banner and lettering will be placed as a Group.

16. Ensure that the Merry Christmas lettering is selected, and click Apply . The banner is placed around the lettering.



 

The selection box around the banner has orange handles and a solid outline, as it is a Group. The lettering inside has a faded outline and pale green handles. For more about Frames, see Frames, Borders and Motifs.

17. Click the Embellish tab, then click Decoration SuperDesign .

The Embellish tab is not available in mySewnet™ Embroidery. Load a star SuperDesign from the SuperDesign tab, then go to step 21.

18. Browse to the folder DecorationDesigns\Miscellaneous, select the design Cross 2, and click Open to load it into the work area. Close the File Viewer dialog box.

    

19. Right-click the decoration design and select Pearl Sequin Cup 4.0 mm in the Context menu.

20. In the Quick Colors, set the sequin color to white, then click OK.

21. Move the Decoration SuperDesign to the top center, to look like a star. It also has green handles.

For more about Decoration SuperDesigns, see Decoration SuperDesign.

22. Press the Tab key to see each design in turn. Each is in a selection or group with a solid outline and orange, green or white handles.

23. Click the Home tab.

24. Use Box Select  or Select All

    

     to select all of the designs. The selection box for the selected designs has a dotted outline and orange handles.



 

Ensure that the selection box has square handles. If not move the designs so that all are within the hoop and try again.

25. Click and drag to move the selected designs as a unit, and use the round handle to rotate the selection. Use Undo

    

    to reverse your changes.

26. Click outside the hoop. The designs are separate again.

27. In the ribbon bar, note that the Group  and Ungroup icons are not available (are grayed out).

28. Use Select All to select the designs again. The Group icon is now available.

29. Click Group . The selection box for the group has a solid outline.



 

The faded outlines and handles for the designs within the group can still be seen.

30. Click outside the group. None of the designs are selected.

31. Click the Christmas tree. The whole group is selected again.

32. Note that the Ungroup  icon is now available.

Groups are permanent until they are broken apart with Ungroup. Note that you cannot Tab between the designs within the group.

33. Click Reveal Groups . The Reveal Groups icon is highlighted; and the last placed design, the decoration, is selected.

You can now select and edit the designs within the group individually, for example to adjust the position of the Merry Christmas lettering within the banner, or to adjust its properties. (The lettering and banner are no longer grouped together, because there is only one level of grouping. A group cannot contain subgroups.)

34. Click Reveal Groups  again. The group is now a single unit, and the Reveal Groups icon is no longer highlighted.

35. Click Ungroup . The designs that were in the group now form a selection.

36. Click and drag to move the selected designs. They move as a unit.

While the block is still selected you can reverse the effects of Ungroup by using either Group or Undo.

37. Click outside the selection box. The designs are now separate.

Use Ungroup to make major changes to a group, or to use the designs within the group separately.

Grouping Selected Embroideries

Group

Ungroup

Reveal Groups