User Guide
User Guide
User Guide

Copy Element

Use it!

Used to copy or stretch an element(s).

Tool SettingEffect
Copies

If off, the window switches to the Move Element settings window.

If you copy tagged elements in a reference, the tags are automatically attached to the associated element in the active model.

Use Fence

If on, the fence contents are copied. The option menu sets the Fence (Selection) Mode.

Stretch Cells

If on, the fence contents are stretched, when Fence (Selection) Mode is Stretch.

To copy an element(s)
  1. Select the Copy tool.

  2. Identify the element.

  3. Enter a data point to position the copy.

Alternative Method — To copy an element(s)
  1. Select or fence the element(s).

  2. Select the Copy tool.

  3. Enter a data point to define the origin for the copy.

  4. Enter a data point to position the copy.

    Copy tool. Left, identifying an element to copy. Right, copying the fence contents with Use Fence on.

      

To stretch elements in a fence
  1. Using the Place Fence tool, place a fence around an element or group of elements.

  2. From the Manipulate tool box, select the Copy tool.
    The Copy Element settings window opens.

  3. From the Use Fence option menu, choose Stretch.
    The Use Fence check box activates, and the Stretch Cells check box also activates.

  4. Enter a data point inside the fence to define the origin.

  5. Enter a data point to reposition the fence and the affected vertices.

    Stretching elements in a fence using the Copy Element tool. Enter a data point to define the origin of the fence (1), then a second data point to reposition the affected vertices (2).

      

Key-in: COPY ICON


or

Key-in: [FENCE] COPY [ELEMENT]

To constrain the movement of copies to multiples of an angle, use AccuDraw in conjunction with the Copy tool (see AccuDraw).

If you copy elements from an attached reference, the elements' levels will be copied if only they do not exist in the active model. To change how levels are handled, choose Preferences from the Workspace menu and select the Reference category.

To copy the fence contents to a new DGN file, see the procedure in Special fence manipulations.

You cannot stretch all vertices outside of the fence. Because Stretch is treated as a Fence Mode, you cannot combine Void and Stretch.

The Fence Stretch option works the same from both the Copy Element and Move Element settings window.