REGROUP

Purpose:

This function is used to reorganize the structure of the drawing. In this operation a 'part' of the drawing can be moved from its 'present' owner to another owner. In this manner parts of the drawing can be reorganized into different subpictures, thus facilitating subsequent manipulation and storage After giving the target owner, parts to move can be collected as;

• Subordinate elements, picked one by one or all captured inside a user-given rectangle/polygon. A ‘subordinate’ is an element one level below the target owner (for example, if owner is a view, the subordinate level is sub-view).

• Neighbor elements (on same level as the target owner), picked one by one or all captured inside a user-given rectangle/polygon. All subordinates below the collected neighbors will then be treated.

• Geometry elements, picked one by one or all captured inside a user-given rectangle/polygon/general area

Instructions:

1. In the Tools menu, click Subpicture, then Regroup

2. The first step is to indicate the target owner (view, subview or component). By clicking Operation Complete, a new view will be created as the target owner. By clicking the Options button, the Confirm Regroup operation flag is switched (if confirm is on, the user must confirm the collected parts to regroup, see below).

3. Next, the different ways how to collect the information to regroup are now presented in a multiple choice dialog as:

   1. Subordinate
      Picked one by one or captured inside a rectangle/polygon.

   2. Neighbour
      Picked one by one or captured inside a rectangle/polygon.

   3. Geometry
      Picked one by one.

   4. Polygon (CUT/NOCUT)
      All geometry captured inside a rectangle or polygon.

   5. Area (CUT/NOCUT)
      All geometry captured inside a general area.

   6. Set (CUT/NOCUT)
      Switch ‘scissors’ mode for geometry capturing.

      When explicitly picking entities (choice a, b or c), Operation Complete completes the selection.

4. When the user is requested to indicate a subpicture (choice a or b), it is possible to capture all subpictures completely inside a user-defined rectangle/polygon by clicking the Options button. The captured subpictures will then be added to the already collected ones and the selection phase is completed.

5. When collecting geometry (choice c, d or e) it is possible to specify what kind of geometry to treat; click Options when picking geometry (choice c) or click Operation Complete when capturing geometry (choice d or e).

6. The ‘scissors’ mode is used when capturing geometry (choice d or e). NOCUT mode means that only geometric entities completely inside the user-defined boundary will be collected, while CUT means that also geometries intersected by the boundary will be considered; the parts inside the boundary will then be added to the collection.

7. In case the Confirm Regroup operation is on, the resulting selection must be confirmed by the user before the regroup operation is carried out.

Options:

None.

Result:

Collected parts of the drawing will be regrouped below another owner.