I have noticed that blocks are not able to save group definitions. I add grouped objects to a block, or create a block that contains grouped objects; when I go back to edit the block, the objects that were previously grouped still exist, but are no longer grouped. Is this expected behavior, or am …

Groups stay grouped within blocks in the plugin above so you can do selections… you don’t need to make them as blocks.

thank you for your respone - I can’t reproduce this, with the latest block-edit-new version and the lastes service release candidate. best regards, sebowim

@wim regarding the grouping inside the block are you working on that, or is there a youtrack? thanks for your effort, sebowim

Hi Sebastian - [image] Sebastian Wimmer: […] or is there a youtrack? That issue is on the list, yes: RH-83967 BlockEdit: Ungroups objects in block -wim

Hi Wim I want to follow up on this too. the grouped objects gets automatically ungrouped after the save&close block edits. the group in block won’t stay.

Hi Ian - [image] Ian Hwang: the group in block won’t stay. Yes, as long as RH-83967 isn’t solved, it’d take a miracle to have that work for anyone. The ticket is public, so you can follow any developments. I wouldn’t expect anything to change for Rhino 8, though. -wim

[image] pascal: -Show also allows you to select what bucket to show. Is there any way to display a list of the names of hidden items — like a ‘Choices inside the command’ or a ‘selection list’ — when running the -Show command, instead of having to type the name (which I might not remember) of…

Hi حق المشاريع الحساب - [image] حق المشاريع الحساب: Is there any way to display a list of the names of hidden items — like a ‘Choices inside the command’ or a ‘selection list’ — […] Yes, but you’ll need to use the ShowSelected command instead. While in that command, you can use the SelName …

[image] wim: ShowSelected SelName <No name> Exactly, that’s what I mean, but the slight difference is that the names I want to appear are the names assigned when using the -hide command, not the names of objects assigned in the ‘properties panel’. That will provide more options for hiding/sh…

Here is a newer thread that might help? Great Block Edit Plugin functions that hopefully will become native - #11 by Jun_Wang

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brian (Brian Gillespie) March 24, 2026, 10:00pm 48

RH-69609 is fixed in Rhino WIP

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