Using Object Group for Animated Graphics

You can use an object group for the animated graphic.

To create an object group, you can first group the selected objects and then save the group into the object library.
To use the object group, you can click the button in the Picture page to bring up the Copy Object from Object Library dialog box. In the dialog, you can select an existing object group for the animated graphic.

Any modifications such as moving the group, resizing the group, deleting the group etc. will be applied to the objects of the group at the same time. However, each object in the group can have its own properties. You can double click the icon to bring up the properties dialog box of the corresponding object and then define the settings of each object.

The following is an example showing you how to edit the object group for the animated graphic. The object group includes a numeric entry, a numeric display and a picture object. They will move along the set of connected lines. At the same time, the value of numeric entry and the numeric display will change.

1. Set up the animated graphic with the object group as its graphic.

2. Set up the picture object

3. Set up the numeric entry