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Grouping objects

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Grouping objects

Now let's check out the Group command. All editing software, whether it's 2D or 3D, has a Group command, and this works pretty much the same way. One really nice addition though, is Rhino lets you add or subtract objects from the set, and even give the group a name. A heads up first, though. A Group is just a collection or set, as I mentioned, it does not indicate that the parts have been joined in any way, as some beginners sometimes mistakenly think when they see a highlighted selection. Let's start off by looking where the Group command is located on the Menu bar. It's under Edit > Groups. And there's five basic commands there. Although this is not the easiest place to access them, so we're going to actually open up a toolbar for all of these examples. I'm going to right-click on a blank area, Show toolbar, and come down till we hit the Group. Okay, I'm not going to even dock it, because we'll probably just use it right there, for these few examples. Let's scan some of the commands…

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