Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
AutoCAD LT users, for some strange reason, the tool button I describe in the
preceding paragraph may not have made it onto LT's Modify panel. However, you
do have access to the command — you just need to type
OVERKILL
at the com-
mand prompt to call up the Delete Duplicate Objects dialog box.
Like most graphics programs, AutoCAD lets you select a bunch of objects and
gather them into a group, so that when you click on one object, everything in the
group is selected. The new Groups panel on the Home tab of AutoCAD 2012's Rib-
bon offers a welcome update for the old and complicated Object Grouping
(AutoCAD) and Group Manager (AutoCAD LT) dialog boxes. You simply select
your objects and click Group. If you want, you can name your group as you create
it. The buttons on the main Groups panel let you create new groups, toggle group
selection off and on, edit groups by adding or removing individual objects, or per-
manently ungroup a selected group. Clicking Group Manager in the Groups panel
slideout displays the old Object Grouping (in AutoCAD) or Group Manager (in
AutoCAD LT) dialog box for even more group functions.
Figure 10-6:
Weed out those duplicate objects.
