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ungrouping 3d symbols


jmartinarch

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There is an instance already in drawing so I tried "Cmd K" and it seemed to do exactly what I wanted.

Now with a symbol that has been inserted multiple times, if I want to modify only one instance but keep it as a symbol….

Should I Cmd K - ungroup, edit and make a new symbol or is there another way?

Thank you very much.

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I meant, I may not understand your question - not answer ...

If i have a f.e. table symbol, with 5 instances, and now I need

one of them to be a new table symbol,

I duplicate the previous symbol, change it to the geometry of the new table,

and assign the new symbol to that older one table (symbol instance).

Now I have the table corrected and a symbol that I can use elswhere

again.

Could be any other or imported symbol to reassign though.

It is just that it is faster to change the previous symbol if it was very

similar.

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Agreed, zoomer. That's a good way, too:

Duplicate the symbol in the resource browser list (including assign new symbol name), Right Click the new resource>Edit, modify the geometry as desired, Exit. Good to go.

Changing the instance via CmdK is accomplished on the Design Layer.

Duplicate/Edit takes place in the Resource Browser.

-B

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On 2/16/2015 at 4:40 PM, jmartinarch said:

Ungrouping a symbol or exploding one should be as easy as selecting it >modify>ungroup. But that option is gray and not available. I can still edit them, but why is it not possible no ungroup them?

I've just notice that on my setup and I can simply use Modify > Ungroup to convert a symbol to a group and ungroup it in one go. But this is greyed out on my colleague's computer in the exact same file. 

 

Why is this?

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