Hi,

first i thought that a Group function is not so important but today i changed my mind. I worked on a detailed WW1 tank with many parts (track pieces, wheels, etc.). I stopped my work because its now nearly impossible to easily manage all the pieces of the model. :(

MfG
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Hi Tony - certainly a group-type function becomes much more important as you progress into more complex and detailed models with lots of pieces.

That's why I do plan to add some type of group / layer / model organization type features sometime later this year.

But it is not particularly useful for concept or simple models.

For MoI, I have been concentrating on the idea that it should be able to walk before it is able to run, so-to-speak. That is, that I want to make sure that MoI V1 is very good and smooth at creating relatively simple models. Once the feature set for doing simple things is rounded out a bit more, then it will be time to concentrate on features for doing heavier and more detailed models.

So don't worry, MoI will eventually get this type of functionality to help with more complex models. But unfortunately it is not possible for all features to spring into existence simultaneously... :)

- Michael

Please, not layers!
I was working with AutoCAD for more than ten years and I thought that layers is the only way to categorize and organize things but then I changed to Revit and I discovered that sometimes layers are just more clicks, more work to do... Of course this is not always right but I would prefer another (Think Michael!) way of grouping and handling for MoI

Yeah, I don't want to actually do just traditional layers or groups, I want to try something a little looser and more flexible.

I have some ideas, but they're not completely clear yet.

This is the main reason why this area is missing right now (along with it being just time consuming work).

So don't worry, I don't intend to do something clunky unless it is a last resort! :)

- Michael