
Combining Multiple Objects
This chapter describes the tools and functions that let you combine several objects together so
that changes can be carried out to the group, or new objects can be created from the group
Grouping and Combining Objects
Draw contains a number of mechanisms that let you combine several objects together so that
changes can be carried out to the group, or new objects can be created from the group
Grouping lets you temporarily combine objects to carry out global changes to them. A group
can always be undone and the objects that make up the group can always be manipulated
separately.
A combination is a permanent fusion of objects leading to a new object. The initial objects
are no longer available as individual entities and the operation is therefore irreversible (unless
you use the Edit/Undo function which is dependent on the number of undo steps set under
Options).
Whatever you decide to do, several objects need to be selected for these functions to work.
Just a quick reminder on how to select multiple objects: click on each object while holding
down the Shift key or draw a rectangle around the objects that you wish to include in the
selection.
Grouping Functions
Group by common selection
When several objects are selected, any operations you carry out are applied to all of the
objects. For example, you can rotate a group of objects in its entirety. Groups obtained
through common selection of several objects are undone as soon as you click outside the
group. However, there is also a way to group objects and keep those selected objects grouped
together.
Maintaining groups and group dissociation
To group selected objects, you can right-click and choose Group from the context menu.
You can also use the keyboard shortcut Control + Shift + G. It is also possible to go via the
main menu Modify > Group.
When objects are grouped, all of the editing operations carried out on that group are applied
to all members of the group. If you click on one of the members of the group, the whole of
the group will be selected. This method is thus safer than direct selection, which is best left to
simple drawings.
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