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Move and Copy

Move and Copy - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Move and Copy

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- [Instructor] We're staying in our ModifyingObjects.dwg file and we're going to have a look now at the Move and Copy commands available in AutoCAD that allow you to modify your objects in your drawings. So we're going to zoom out slightly and you'll see that obviously all of the objects we were looking at in the previous video are in this entrance hall area of the building. Now we've got an office area over here, that is going to be occupied with some furniture, and we're going to utilize Move and Copy to do that. So the trick is to select an object and move it, or you can select the Move command and then select the object and move it. So if I selected this desk, by clicking on it, and then did a right click, you can see on the conceptual shortcut menu that I've got Move and Copy available to me there. I'll just hit Escape a couple of times and deselect that desk. I can also go up to the Modify Panel here and I've got Move and I've got Copy there. If I click on say Move there, it now…

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