Modeling
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Grouping

Anonymous
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I'm just wondering how many people use grouping for certain elements. Ex: We often import sections through windows directly from the manufacturer and I group them so I don't have a boatload of unmanageable lines everywhere. I actually use grouping all the time, for everything if necessary.

I recently downloaded an example file from the ArchiCAD example files site and the whole project was not grouped. It was a mess. Someone on my office also has that tendancy.... . I;m just wondering how many other people out there are evil non-groupers.... just curious...
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laszlonagy wrote:
Jooogyerek wrote:
Grouping is one of my favorites. But if I working in 2D I prefer an another tool. UNIFY. Line type objects with same base or end points can be joined together to a big polyline (Except of splines. Spline can be connected just with spline, and also changes the form of endings of the joints at both of splines wich can be helpful or descructive). It is useful for selecting and for modification. But haves a flaw. The main goal of UNIFY is to create ONE line and because of that it can join just 2 lines at same spot. And also the lines wichones becomes the part of the output polyline (or spline) changes theys color to same color of the longest polyline or arch (or spline) from the partaking lines. For my stile of projecting it doesn't matters because I UNIFY-ing just lines with same color. At the end the lasting big polylines I using to group anyway.
If you want to include Splines in the Unify command, first SPACE-click on the Spline with the Circle Tool (Magic Wand), which will create Arc segments and approximate the Spline with these Arc segments. Then use those Arc segments in the Unify command.
By the way, the color and line type of the created Polyline will inherit the attributes of the last selected element. The Info Box tells you which one it is or at least what its attributes are.
Thanks. I learnt something new again. And sorry for the little misinformation.
Laszlo Nagy
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laszlonagy wrote:
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