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Grouping

KeesW
Advocate
Why does AC18 default to 'grouping'? I find this a lot when I know that I haven't consciously chosen this option. Or is it linked to another activity?

I've now imported a drawing from AC17 to AC18 and find whole portions grouped - and cannot find where to ungroup them. GGGRRRRR!

Moving a project from one version to another is a nightmare.
Cornelis (Kees) Wegman

cornelis wegman architects
AC 5 - 26 Dell XPS 8940 Win 10 16GB 1TB SSD 2TB HD RTX 3070 GPU
Laptop: AC 24 - 26 Win 10 16GB 1TB SSD RTX 3070 GPU
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Anonymous
Not applicable
Hi,
are you saing that menu edit->grouping->ungroup doesn't work?
David Maudlin
Rockstar
KeesW:

Make sure the command Autogroup is not checked (this works when elements are created).

David
David Maudlin / Architect
www.davidmaudlin.com
Digital Architecture
AC28 USA • Mac mini M4 Pro OSX15 | 64 gb ram • MacBook Pro M3 Pro | 36 gb ram OSX14
KeesW
Advocate
Thanks David.
Are you saying that 'Autogroup' is automatically selected when elements are created? If so, why?
Cornelis (Kees) Wegman

cornelis wegman architects
AC 5 - 26 Dell XPS 8940 Win 10 16GB 1TB SSD 2TB HD RTX 3070 GPU
Laptop: AC 24 - 26 Win 10 16GB 1TB SSD RTX 3070 GPU
David Maudlin
Rockstar
Kees:

I don't know what the default Autogroup setting is, just that you should not have it checked (active) if you don't want elements grouped when created. I prefer elements grouped (linked Walls, Beams, Lines), then Suspend Groups when editing individual elements.

David
David Maudlin / Architect
www.davidmaudlin.com
Digital Architecture
AC28 USA • Mac mini M4 Pro OSX15 | 64 gb ram • MacBook Pro M3 Pro | 36 gb ram OSX14