# Convert component to group

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/convert-component-to-group/32304>\
**Category:** Ruby API\
**Created:** [October 17, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/convert-component-to-group/32304 "2016-10-17T13:48:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/convert-component-to-group/32304/19 "2016-10-18T15:50:13Z")

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Yes it would be so much simpler if the API had a **`to_group()`** instance method of the **`ComponentDefinition`** class, that would convert it to a group definition without all this rigmarole and exploding. All the definition’s instances then would become group instances, and there’d be no need to copy attribute dictionaries and native properties.

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