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Looking for an answer but cannot find one so far...

So, ok... Blender doesn't do traditional "groups".

Most very program I've ever used lets you hit "ctrl-g" or something which results in a single manipulable entity.

Blender... not so. I can't seem to figure out what the heck I need to do, for example, to click on 5 things, "group" them, go do some other stuff, then come back, click on the "group", and rotate, move, or whatever.

What's the secret?

oandroido
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    This is one of the major changes between 2.79 and 2.8, so I guess you had better include the version in your question – Robin Betts Jan 13 '19 at 21:14
  • Hey Robin - I hope that's good news... I have both, but am really liking 2.8, so let's go with 2.8!

    (This question was largely based on what seemed to be workarounds for doing this in 2.79)

    Cheers

     – oandroido Jan 13 '19 at 21:23
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    Possible duplicate of Sketchup-like components (case study) - is it in? or even feasible? – Duarte Farrajota Ramos Jan 13 '19 at 23:36
  • @DuarteFarrajotaRamos Well... that was posted 2+ years ago, so if it's changed in 2.8, it may not be a duplicate.

    And, I hope it's not, because that's a heck of a lot of stuff to do just to accomplish what a quick ctrl-g does in like 95% of other software....

     – oandroido Jan 14 '19 at 00:09
  • In 2.8 if you want to select the whole group of an object, click on one of its objects then press shift G > Collection. In the Outliner you can left click on the group name and choose select... but it would be logical that you could select the whole group with a simple click... I don't know everything about 2.8 though – moonboots Jan 14 '19 at 08:56
  • Ok, looks like the process (in 2.8, anyway) is ctrl-j in object mode to "join", and "P > By Loose Parts" in edit mode to... unjoin.

    Not sure how the thinking goes behind this...

     – oandroido Jan 14 '19 at 15:13
  • @RobinBetts - can you elaborate on the changes? Still haven't found a way to do this. – oandroido Jan 16 '19 at 21:13
  • @moonboots - That "loose parts" thing isn't really working since it breaks the object down way more than just into the joined components. – oandroido Jan 16 '19 at 21:13
  • (I suspect the the things you want to do might be best achieved by temporarily parenting your objects to an empty.) I know that 2.79's Groups and Layers have been taken under the umbrella of 'Collections'... and I've read and watched what I can about them, but I don't have enough experience using them to give what would qualify as an answer.. I was hoping for one myself :) – Robin Betts Jan 17 '19 at 08:45

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