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Using Move and Copy

Using Move and Copy - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Using Move and Copy

- [Voiceover] We're staying the same drawing now, the 05_ModifyingObjects.dwg drawing. Now you notice I've zoomed out again, I've done the Zoom Extents and basically we can see everything in the drawing. What we're going to look at now are using the Move and Copy commands. Now there are very similar, so if you Move something, you move it from its original location to a new location in the drawing. If you Copy something, you copy it from its original location to a new location in the drawing. So basically what Copy does is it leaves the original elements behind. Now we're going to go back to that Furniture named view, so again obviously View control, click on the word Top, Custom Model views, and select Furniture, and you'll notice if we zoom in closer, we have there a desk and a chair. So there's a chair there and there's a desk there. So what we're going to do is we're going to move these into this area here. This is a reception office here in the building, for example, so we will…

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