Group Name

Displays the names of existing groups.

Selectable

Specifies whether a group is selectable. When a group is selectable, selecting one
object in the group selects the whole group. Objects on locked or frozen layers are
not selected. When the PICKSTYLE system variable is set to 0, no groups are selectable.

Group Identification

Displays the name and description (if any) of the group selected in the Group Name
list.

Group Name

Specifies the group name. Group names can be up to 31 characters long and can include
letters, numbers, and the special characters dollar sign ($), hyphen (-), and underscore
(_) but not spaces. The name is converted to uppercase characters.

Description

Displays the description of the selected group, if there is one.

Find Name

Lists the groups to which an object belongs.

The Group Member List dialog box is displayed, showing the groups to which the object
belongs.

Highlight

Shows the members of the selected group in the drawing area.

Include Unnamed

Specifies whether unnamed groups are listed. When this option is cleared, only named
groups are displayed.

Create Group

Specifies properties of new groups.

New

Creates a new group from the selected objects, using the name and description under
Group Name and Description.

Selectable

Specifies that a new group is selectable.

Unnamed

Indicates that a new group is unnamed. A default name, *An, is assigned to unnamed groups. The n represents a number that increases with each new group.

Change Group

Modifies existing groups.

Remove

Removes objects from the selected group. To use this option, clear the Selectable
option.

If you remove all the group’s objects, the group remains defined. You can remove the
group definition from the drawing by using the Explode option.

NOTE: When you remove objects from a group and then later add them back during the same
drawing session, they are returned to their previous position in the numerical order
of the group.

Add

Adds objects to the selected group.

NOTE:Group names are displayed in alphabetical order.

Rename

Renames the selected group to the name entered in Group Name under Group Identification.

Re-Order

Displays the Order Group dialog box, in which you can change the numerical order of
objects within the selected group. Objects are numbered in the order in which you
select them for inclusion in the group. Reordering is useful when creating tool paths.
For example, you can change the cut order for the horizontal and vertical lines of
a tool path pattern.

You can either change the numerical position of individual group members or ranges
of group members or reverse the order of all members. The first object in a group
is number 0, not number 1.

Description

Updates the selected group’s description to the name that you enter in Description.
You can use up to 64 characters for a description name.

Explode

Deletes the definition of the selected group. The group’s objects remain in the drawing.

Selectable

Specifies whether the group is selectable.