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    • chrisglasierC Offline
      chrisglasier
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      Are there any undesirable consequences from making a group into a component? In other words why have groups at all?

      Thanks

      With TBA interfaces we can analyse what is to be achieved so that IT can help with automation to achieve it.

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      • TIGT Offline
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        @chrisglasier said:

        Are there any undesirable consequences from making a group into a component? In other words why have groups at all?

        Thanks

        You can be sure [or at least should be if it worked !] that a group is unique so changing one shouldn't change the rest. With a component you edit an instance and somewhere round the corner a copy changes unexpectedly - you can use make_unique but you need to know it's used lots of times - of course change one = change dozens is the power of using components but it can trip you up... πŸ˜‰

        TIG

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        • chrisglasierC Offline
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          Thanks TIG. That is a human type thing that I think I can control; I was wondering if there were any technical if and buts.

          With TBA interfaces we can analyse what is to be achieved so that IT can help with automation to achieve it.

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            @chrisglasier said:

            Thanks TIG. That is a human type thing that I think I can control; I was wondering if there were any technical if and buts.

            You can always turn a group into a component and if you explode a component back into a group... πŸ˜‰

            TIG

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