A single order can contain many parts from different pieces of furniture. To keep them organized and avoid mixing them up, a part can be linked to a group.
What a group actually is
A group is just a tag on a part, not part of some larger hierarchy. An order has a flat list of groups (for example, "carcass", "fronts", "shelves"); each part can be linked to one of them or left without a group. Next to a group's name the system shows a part count in parentheses, for example "Fronts (3)" — this isn't an editable field but an automatic counter: how many order parts are currently linked to this group. It updates itself as parts get linked or unlinked — you never enter it manually.
How to link a part to a group
In the part row, in the material column, there's a group dropdown with a "no group" option — just pick the one you need. There is no separate drag-and-drop for moving parts between groups.
The «Groups» tab
All the order's groups are collected on the «Groups» tab in the project header.
- Creating — a new group is added with a name and a value in the "Quantity" field. That field is not the number of parts in the group (which always starts at zero and grows on its own as parts get linked, see above); "Quantity" is a multiplier used when calculating hardware and extra services for the group's parts (e.g. how many units of the item to count when totaling handles or hinges).
- Merging — check two or more groups and click the merge button: the first checked group becomes the target, the rest are merged into it (their parts get linked to the resulting group).
- Deleting — the delete button opens a dialog: first you choose the scope (checked groups or all), then the mode — «Delete parts» (the group is deleted together with all parts in it) or «Groups only» (the group disappears, its parts stay in the order without a group).
Groups are not the same as products
The system has a separate, much more complex feature — «Products»: a catalog of ready-made parametric furniture that, given the desired dimensions, unfolds in one action into a full set of parts with drilling, grooving, milling and edge banding already applied. Groups have nothing to do with products — they are an independent feature for sorting and organizing parts within an order. For details, see the articles «Product constructor» and «Project products: list and actions».