Creating a Group Particle from the Property Sheet of an Element

You can create a group particle from the property sheet of an element.

1. Open the property sheet of the element, select a group particle from the Group type list, and then click OK.

   The element is displayed selected, with an Expand tab (+) on its right side:

   
   
   
2. Click an empty space in the diagram to deselect the element, and then click the Expand tab (+) to reveal the group particle symbol (in this case, a sequence):
   
   
   

   Note that you can click the Collapse tab (-), on the link in order to hide the group particle.

3. Double-click the group particle to open its property sheet, and then click the Items tab.
4. Click the Add Element tool for each child element you want to create in the list.
5. Click OK to return to the diagram.

   The group particle is displayed selected, with an Expand tab on its right side.

   
   
   
6. Click an empty space in the diagram, to deselect the group particle symbol, and then click the Expand tab to reveal the child element symbols.