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Introduction: grouping and combining objects

Using Draw, you can combine drawing objects together in two distinct ways:

grouping and combining. These two methods allow you to treat multiple objects as

one unit, or to merge objects to form a new shape.

Grouping is like putting objects in a container. You can move them as a group and

apply 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 original

objects are no longer available as individual entities and the operation is not

reversible.

Tip

To select multiple objects, click on each object while holding down the

Shift key or click the Select icon (on the Drawing toolbar) and draw a

rectangle around the objects.

Grouping objects

Grouping 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, you can choose to maintain a grouping so that the

selected objects will remain together after they are deselected.

Maintaining groups and undoing groups

To group objects, first select the objects, then right-click and choose Group from the

pop-up menu. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Control+Shift+G or choose

Modify > Group from the menu bar.

When objects are grouped, any editing operations carried out on that group are

applied to all members of the group. If you click on one member of the group, the

whole group is selected.

Figure 105: Grouping objects using the right-click

The objects of a group retain their own individual properties. To undo a group, right-

click and choose Ungroup from the pop-up menu, use the keyboard shortcut

Control+Alt+Shift+G or choose Modify > Ungroup from the menu bar.

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