Creating a group of elements
XSM User's Guide
Once you have defined the reference of a referencing group, you can locate
the referenced group in the diagram by right-clicking the referencing group
symbol and selecting Find Referenced Group in the contextual menu. The
referenced group appears with handles in the diagram.
You can access directly to the Preview page of a group property sheet. Right-
click a group (or a referencing group) symbol in the diagram and select
Preview in the contextual menu.
You can create a group of elements:
From the palette
From the Browser tree view
From the List of Groups in the Model menu
For more information on the different ways to create a group, see
section Creating an object in chapter Managing objects of the General
Features Guide.
To create a group of elements from the palette:
1
Click on the Group tool in the palette.
2
Click an empty space in the diagram.
A group symbol appears in the diagram at the click position.
3
Click the Pointer tool in the palette.
or
Right-click to recover the Pointer.
4
Double-click the group symbol in the diagram.
The group property sheet appears.
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