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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">About Grouping</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Identify individual objects as a group, and handle them as a single unit. Objects can be removed from a group and restored to their individual status.</p>
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                  <p class="para_warning">All work accomplished within the Group option will be lost if you use Edit&rarr;Undo, which takes your file all the way back to the state immediately preceding a group operation.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Member</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Collection of its members. You can handle a group as an object separate from its members.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Name</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Assigned to a group at the time of its creation.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note">  An object can be a member of a group that is in a component. Neither a component of an assembly, nor a boundary object can be a group member.</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">A Multi-Level Structure</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Why Group?</p>
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               <p class="para_td">A complex part can be managed with ease if the objects are rationally grouped. The selection process can be greatly enhanced if a part consists of grouped objects. </p>
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               <p class="para_td">Group Structure</p>
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               <p class="para_td">A multi-level structure can be created if an existing group is selected as one of the objects to form another group. The former group becomes a sub-group, constituting the second level of a structure.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Any operation performed on a group member can, if you choose, affect the entire group.</p>
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                           <p class="para_warning"> Invisible group members are selected when the group to which they belong is selected. If you do not want to select invisible members, select the group members only, and not the group.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Automatic Groups</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The system automatically creates groups during certain operations (i.e., File&rarr;Import&rarr;Part when Create Named Group is turned ON).</p>
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