Maple Systems Silver Plus Series Installation And Operation Manual page 151

Cre ating Graphic Ob jects
To display the Group Library dialog box
1. From the Library menu, click Group, then click Call up library. Or click the Call up Group
Library icon from the Standard toolbar. The Group Library dialog box appears.
The Group Library provides several options which are discussed in the following sections.
Ac cessing and Cre ating Group Li brar ies
Group libraries can be opened and closed easily using the Group Library dialog box. It is even possible to create
new group libraries.
To open other group libraries
1. With the Group Library dialog box displayed, click Select Lib... The Open dialog box
appears.
2. Select which library you would like to open, then click Open. The Group Library dialog box
reappears with the selected library displayed.
If the project has ten libraries open, you may want to close a library so that another one may be opened.
To close or 'unattach' an open group library
1. With the Group Library dialog box displayed, click the pull-down box of Library Name: and
choose from one of the open libraries of groups.
2. Select which library you would like to close, then click Unattach Lib. A dialog box appears
asking if you really want to unattach the selected library. Click Yes.
3. The Group Library dialog box reappears and the library is removed from the Group library:
list.
The option of creating a new library is also available. This can be very useful when organizing groups.
To create a new group library
1. With the Group Library dialog box displayed, click New Lib... The New Library dialog box
appears.
2. Enter a name for the new library. Click OK.
3. The Group Library dialog box appears with the new library loaded. Click Close.
4. The new library is now available to this project but it is not stored into the Library
subdirectory of EasyBuilder until the project file has been saved.
Cre at ing, de let ing and plac ing groups
Once a complex group object has been created, it must be stored permanently into a group library where it can be
retrieved and used in multiple projects. At any time, it is possible to place a group object onto the work area of
EasyBuilder for usage or editing.
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