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Flat and Group

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LayoutEditorReduced
Monday 29th June 2020
Hi, could anyone give me more information on Flat and Group? What's this function for and how to use it? Is there any tutorial video on this available? Thanks!
Jürgen
LayoutEditorFull
Monday 29th June 2020
The group feature creates a new cell and adds the selected shapes to this new cell. However the resulting design is not changed. As a reference to this new created cell is added. By adding further reference to this cell a more complex design can be created without drawing new shapes. Group or hierarchical designs keeps the file size small and helps to manage complex designs with repeating structures.
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LayoutEditorReduced
Monday 29th June 2020
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Thanks Jürgen! What I have done is generate a new cell (main mask sell), then "insert" (Draw - Sell) all sells I need. What's the difference to "Group"? If using "Group", what should I do?
Jürgen
LayoutEditorFull
Monday 29th June 2020
Draw->cell will create a reference to an existing cell. The group feature will create a new cell from the selected shapes and replace the selected shapes with a reference to this cell.