RMorse Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 How do I go about decomposing symbols so that I can alter them for a specific instance? I don't want that particular symbol to be a symbol in the drawing I'm currently working on. All the various things I've tried (decompose, convert, unlock, etc.) don't seem to have any affect on it. -- Richard -- Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Ctrl+K Covert to Group and it will no longer be a symbol. Quote Link to comment
RMorse Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 Thanks - that worked! It would have been great for the "help" info to have something on how to undo symbols.... -- Rich -- Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Yes, the name Convert-to-Group is a little hard to connect with what it does. It sounds like it would do what the Group command does. It used to be called Symbol-to-Group, which I thought was easier to figure out. I guess Convert-Symbol-to-Group would be too long. Quote Link to comment
ccroft Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Maybe they changed the name when it gained the ability to also change PIO to group. Rich: this can come in handy when a PIO just does not have the parameter settings you need. Will this be the beginning of another huge discussion on naming and grammar? Quote Link to comment
timmysmith Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Thank you Ray Libby, I was having problems scaling a nested symbol. Symbols within symbols will not scale correctly and when you try to render the object it gets all mashed up. I double clicked my symbol and 3d edited then CTRL + K 'ed all the symbols within my larger symbol. It works now and I don't have to remodel the whole object at a different scale which would have cost me a bout 5 hours. I can now texture my nurbs surfaces inside the symbol by class attributes. Yesterday I was blowing steam out of my ears but now I am grinning like a cheshire! Luvely Jubbly ! Tim Quote Link to comment
timmysmith Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Dear Users, In fact I discovered on my machine when scaling a symbol if you CMD+K the whole symbol after CMD+k' ing all the nested symbols, then scale the group then create a new symbol of the scaled group it solves the rendering issues of scaled symbols. TIm Quote Link to comment
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