Grouping Elements

Elements can be grouped by selecting all desired elements and performing the command ‘Extras’ ‘Group’. The group will behave like a single element:

• the grouped elements get a collective frame; when dragging the frame, depending on the current configuration all elements will be stretched, compressed or keep their original size; only the group can be moved to another position.
• the grouped elements get collective properties: inputs only can effect the group and not a single element. Thus the elements also get one collective configuration (category ‘group’). The property ‘Change color’ can not be configured for a group!

To redefine a single element of a group, the grouping must be redone by the command ‘Extras’ ‘Ungroup’. The configuration of the group will be lost in this case.

Note

As soon as you save the project as CoDeSys Version 2.1 or lower, a group of visualization elements will be resolved automatically; that means that the elements of the group will be shown as single elements in the visualization.