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    • massimoM Offline
      massimo Moderator
      last edited by

      What do you mean with "ungroup"? Explode? You can customize your shortcuts going to window-->preferences-->shortcuts. Remember to select a group first.


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      • N Offline
        NickGenerator
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        @tig said:

        It's called 'Explode'.

        Not in my version. Sorry.

        @tig said:

        Some shortcut commands are context-sensitive

        Thanks a lot. That is news to me.

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
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          Marcus

          When you select a Group the relevant context-menu IS 'Explode' on a PC - I'd be surprised if the MAC version were different, because you can select a combination of Groups AND Components and 'Explode' them all at once... what'd your context-menu say then ?
          You may well have some third-party tool loading that adds 'Ungroup'... but it's not a native tool, and God knows what it does...
          😕

          TIG

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          • N Offline
            NickGenerator
            last edited by

            @tig said:

            When you select a Group the relevant context-menu IS 'Explode' on a PC ... what'd your context-menu say then ?

            No, my version is just German.

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
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              Okay, what do you have here (in the context or "right click" menu)?

              explode-1.png
              or here (under the edit menu)?

              explode-2.png
              For both, you need to pre-select the group first - and also you need to pre-select it in order for the available shortcut to appear in the Preferences list.

              Gai...

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              • L Offline
                lecra
                last edited by

                People,

                I noticed the same!! In the shortcut menu 'Explode' is only available if you have already grouped an object! Maybe a bug.

                Draw some objects and group through the CTRL+G and then go to the shortcut editor and search for Edit/Item/Explode. Assign the new shortcut. I used U for ungroup. It is assigned to another command but I took it anyway.

                Greetings to Germany

                KR; Lecra

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                • massimoM Offline
                  massimo Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @lecra said:

                  People,

                  I noticed the same!! In the shortcut menu 'Explode' is only available if you have already grouped an object! Maybe a bug.

                  @massimo said:

                  Remember to select a group first.

                  @tig said:

                  Some shortcut commands are context-sensitive - for example if you want to shortcut face-reversal you will need a Face to have been selected BEFORE opening the dialog for you to be able to see 'Reverse' as one of the available commands...

                  @gaieus said:

                  For both, you need to pre-select the group first - and also you need to pre-select it in order for the available shortcut to appear in the Preferences list.

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
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                    @lecra said:

                    People,

                    I noticed the same!! In the shortcut menu 'Explode' is only available if you have already grouped an object! Maybe a bug.

                    No it isn't a bug. If you haven't selected a group or component, there's nothing to explode so it doesn't show in the context menu or the Shortcuts editor. It's supposed to work that way. There is a large number of other items that only show in the Shortcuts editor when something is selected on which that shortcut can be performed.

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                    • cottyC Offline
                      cotty
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                      @lecra said:

                      People,

                      I noticed the same!! In the shortcut menu 'Explode' is only available if you have already grouped an object! Maybe a bug.

                      In german it is called "In Einzelteile auflösen" and the possible bug is not in the contextmenu but in the preferences:

                      • If no group or component is selected, the entry is not there (see picture)
                      • If a group is selected, you can find the entry in the shortcut list

                      shortcuts.jpg

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
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                        Cotty

                        You misunderstand - 'Explode' [or whatever it's called in your locale] will only appear in the Preferences > Shortcuts filtered list IF an appropriate object is selected in the SKP.
                        You can 'Explode' Groups/Components [same 'Explode'] BUT note there are other 'Explode' tools too - for a selected 'Image', and a selected 'Curve' - these are both different 'Explodes'. So if you want to shortcut to Explode a Curve select an arc and filter for 'Explode' and then shortcut to that [using a different key-combo]. Then one shortcut key-combo will Explode Groups/Components, the other key-combo will Explode Curves etc.

                        There are many commands that only appear in [context-]menus IF certain criteria are met - in turn these commands will not show on the list for shortcutting if they are not in the menu - so if you don't select a Group you don't see Explode in the list, if you don't select a Face you don't see Reverse in the list, if you don't select one Section-Plane you won't see SectionCutFace in the list etc etc...
                        It's quite logical ?

                        TIG

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
                          last edited by

                          @cotty said:

                          @lecra said:

                          People,

                          I noticed the same!! In the shortcut menu 'Explode' is only available if you have already grouped an object! Maybe a bug.

                          In german it is called "In Einzelteile auflösen" and the possible bug is not in the contextmenu but in the preferences:

                          • If no group or component is selected, the entry is not there (see picture)
                          • If a group is selected, you can find the entry in the shortcut list

                          The short of it is, there is no bug.

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                          • cottyC Offline
                            cotty
                            last edited by

                            @tig said:

                            There are many commands that only appear in [context-]menus IF certain criteria are met

                            Yes, I knew that, but I thought that in the general preferences there should be all possible entries independent of the model or the selection. So the general preferences are not as general as I expected... good to know 😉

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