Draft SelectGroup
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Menu location |
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Utilities → Select group Utils → Select group |
Workbenches |
Draft, BIM |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
- |
See also |
Std Group, Draft AddToGroup, Draft AddConstruction, Draft AutoGroup |
Description
The Draft SelectGroup command selects the contents of selected Std Groups or group-like BIM objects. For selected non-group objects, the contents of the group they are in is selected.
The command was revised in FreeCAD version 0.20 and this page describes that version.
Usage
- Select one or more objects that are inside groups, and/or select one or more groups.
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Draft: Press the
Select group button.
- Draft: Select the Utilities →
Select group option from the menu, or from the Tree view or 3D view context menu.
- BIM: Select the Utils →
Select group option from the menu.
- Draft: Press the
- The contents of the groups is selected.
Notes
- For more information about organizing your model see Document structure and Arch tutorial.
- Drafting: Line, Polyline, Fillet, Arc, Arc by 3 points, Circle, Ellipse, Rectangle, Polygon, B-spline, Cubic Bézier curve, Bézier curve, Point, Facebinder, ShapeString, Hatch
- Annotation: Text, Dimension, Label, Annotation styles, Annotation scale
- Modification: Move, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, Offset, Trimex, Stretch, Clone, Array, Polar array, Circular array, Path array, Path link array, Point array, Point link array, Edit, Subelement highlight, Join, Split, Upgrade, Downgrade, Wire to B-spline, Draft to sketch, Set slope, Flip dimension, Shape 2D view
- Draft Tray: Select plane, Set style, Toggle construction mode, AutoGroup
- Snapping: Snap lock, Snap endpoint, Snap midpoint, Snap center, Snap angle, Snap intersection, Snap perpendicular, Snap extension, Snap parallel, Snap special, Snap near, Snap ortho, Snap grid, Snap working plane, Snap dimensions, Toggle grid
- Miscellaneous: Apply current style, Layer, Manage layers, Add a new named group, Move to group, Select group, Add to construction group, Toggle normal/wireframe display, Create working plane proxy, Heal, Show snap toolbar
- Additional: Constraining, Pattern, Preferences, Import Export Preferences, DXF/DWG, SVG, OCA, DAT
- Context menu:
- Layer container: Merge layer duplicates, Add new layer
- Layer: Activate this layer, Select layer contents
- Text: Open hyperlinks
- Wire: Flatten
- Working plane proxy: Write camera position, Write objects state

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