COPY, ERASE, & CORNER EDITING COMMANDS

COPY

This tool present in the Modify Group duplicates the selected tool.

You will find this tool useful if you aregiving multiple instances of the same details in the drawing, replicating fixtures/furniture across alayout, and crafting symmetrical patterns and layouts.

This tool can be used by selecting the object to duplicate, choosing a starting point, and finalizing aspot to paste the object.

CO

hotkey for COPY

COPYMODE

[copy commands] system variable where you can control whether multiple copies are created automatically.

Displacement

[copy commands] Specifies a relative distance and direction using coordinates.The two points you specify define a vector that indicates how far from the original the copied objectsare to be placed and in what direction

Mode

[copy commands] Controls whether the command repeats automatically (COPYMODE system variable)

Multiple

[copy commands] Overrides the Single mode setting. The COPY command is set to repeat automatically for the durationof the command

Array

[copy commands] Arranges a specified number of copies in a linear array

Number of Items to Array

[copy commands] Specifies the number of items in the array, including the original selection set

Fit

[copy commands] Positions the final copy in the array at the specified displacement. The other copies are fit in a line array between the original selection set and the final copy

COPYBASE

[copy & paste commands] Copies selected objects to the Clipboard along with a specified base point

COPYCLIP

[copy & paste commands] Copies selected objects to the Clipboard

PASTEBLOCK

[copy & paste commands] Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing as a block

PASTECLIP

[copy & paste commands] Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing

PASTEORIG

[copy & paste commands] Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing using the original coordinates

PASTESPEC

[copy & paste commands] Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing and controls the format of the data

OFFSET

Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves

O

hotkey for OFFSET

Through

[offset commands] Creates an object passing through a specified point.

MIRROR

Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects.

MI

hotkey for MIRROR

1

MIRRTEXT =0 does not change text direction

MIRRTEXT = ____ changes text direction

ARRAY

Creates copies of objects arranged in a pattern

AR

hotkey for ARRAY

DELOBJ

[array commands] system variable controls whether the source objects of the array are deleted orretained after the array is created

QSELECT

[array commands] does not select or count blocks nested in array objects

Rectangular

[array commands] Distributes copies of the selected object into any combination of rows, columns, and levels (sameas the ARRAYRECT command).

Path

[array commands] Evenly distributes copies of the selected object along a path or a portion of a path (same as theARRAYPATH command)

Polar

[array commands] Evenly distributes copies of the object in a circular pattern around a center point or axis of rotation(same as the ARRAYPOLAR command).

ERASE

Removes objects from a drawing

E

hotkey for ERASE

L

[erase commands] erase the last objectdrawn

P

[erase commands] erase the previous selection set,

ALL

[erase commands] to erase all objects.

TRIM

Trims objects to meet the edges of other objects

Quick Mode

[trim modes] To trim objects, select the objects to be trimmed individually, press and drag to start afreehand selection path, or pick two empty locations to specify a crossing Fence. All objects automatically act as cutting edges. Selected objects that can't be trimmed are deleted instead.

Standard Mode

[trim modes] To trim objects, first select the boundaries and press Enter. Then select the objects tobe trimmed. To use all objects as boundaries, press Enter at the first Select Objects prompt

TRIMEXTENDMODE

[trim commands] system variable controls whether the TRIM command defaults to Quickor Standard behavior

selection fence

[trim commands] is a series of temporary line segments that you specify with two or more fence points. It does not form a closed loop

Project

[trim commands] Specifies the projection method used when trimming objects

View

[trim commands] Specifies projection along the current view direction. The command trims objects that intersect the boundary in the current view

U/UNDO

Reverses the most recent operation

BREAK

Breaks the selected object between two points

FILLET

Rounds the edges of two 2D objects or the adjacent faces of a 3D solid

an arc that is created tangent between two 2D objects.

a curved transition between two surfaces or adjacent faces on a 3D solid.

F

hotkey for FILLET

Polyline

[fillet commands] Inserts a fillet at each vertex of a 2D polyline where two straight line segments meet. The fillets becomenew segments of the polyline, unless the Trim option is set to No Trim

Expression

[fillet commands] Controls the fillet radius with a mathematical expression

CHAMFER

Bevels the edges of two 2D objects or the adjacent faces of a 3D solid

an angled line that meets the endpoints of two straight 2D objects.

a sloped transition between two surfaces or adjacent faces on a 3D solid.

CHA

hotkey for CHAMFER

Method

[chamfer commands] Controls how the chamfer line is calculated from the intersecting point of the selected objects or linesegments.

Distance. Chamfer line is defined by two distances.

Angle. Chamfer line is defined by a distance and an angle.

The current value is stored in the CHAMMODE system variable.