Groups - thumbnail preview

[J. Grouchy]

I wish you could preview groups. I am working on a project (which I did not start) that has at least 20 groups...which are numbered. I have no idea what each group is or what it looks like.

Also...what is the point of the "modify group origin point" command? It doesn't seem to affect anything when I change it. Why can't it be like a block insertion point (ACAD)?

[PeterJ]

You can name groups as you go along. Alternately, just select one and then rename it there and then with something more useful than 'Group 15'

[Phil Read]

As for the insertion point - when you select a group and swap it for another - they swap with regard to their insertion point. Also - if you modify the insertion point of a group - the insertion point of all like groups are modified too.

So if you expect to be swapping groups - select the insertion point carefully!

All the best -

Phil

[J. Grouchy]

I KNOW you can rename a group...but if you are not the one who created them, it's a real chore to go back and try to rename them all.

As for the insertion point...I'm really just wishing they actually WERE an insertion point, so when you bring in a group from the list you can place it in the correct position with one click rather than having to align or move it after placing it - just like AutoCAD. Everyone winces when someone points out how something in ACAD is better...but I only invoke that when it truly makes sense.