Bounding box changes depending on two objects are grouped or not

[SamSteele]

Win 7, Designer 1.9.1.979

It seems the bounding box changes depending on whether two objects are grouped or not. I haven't tested with Publisher or Photo.

[loukash]

Have you rotated or sheared the bottom object?

[Dan C]

Hi @SamSteele,

My apologies for the delayed response here!

As loukash has mentioned above, this is likely occurring as the lower object has rotation or shear applied to it.

When you group 2 objects together that have not been rotated/sheared, the bounding box shown will be the same as if you had selected each object individually.

If you have grouped an object that has rotation/shear applied, the group bounding box will be larger than the 2 objects individually selected bounding box, as the groups bounding box is large enough to 'cover' the bounding box of the rotated object.

This can be shown in the below screen recording, note after I rotate the lower object, the bounding box now extends further right and down than it did previously. When grouping this object and the object above, the bounding box for the group becomes large enough to fit the bounding boxes of all grouped objects as one.

I hope this clears things up