VARKON Version 1.15 1997-10-24

group - Geometric procedure

Creates a group


Description

Associates a text with one or more entities. A group can be used to add an attribute to a single entity or to collect a number of entities under a common name.

Syntax

group(id, name, ref1, refn:attributes);

REF	id;
STRING	name*20;
REF	ref1;
REF	refn;

Principal parameters

id	- Local identity
name	- User defined name
ref1	- Identity of first member

Optional parameters

refn	- Identity of additional members

Attributes

PEN	- Pen or colour number
LEVEL	- Level number
BLANK	- Visible(0) or invisible(1)

Example

group(#5,"Steel",#2);

Adds the text attribute "Steel" to #2.

group(#10,"Walls",#1,#2,#3,#4,#5);

Collects #1 to #5 in a common group with name = "Walls".

Comments

A group can hold up to 100 members including parts and other groups. A single entity can only be a member of maximum 3 different groups.