Drop

Drop a copy of a selection set by a specified distance and direction.

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DROP

 

Modify

This function allows you to copy a selected entity or group of entities and paste them at a specified point by selecting the entity or entities and then indicating a point on the original selection set and the new destination point.  

If the selection set is empty you need to specify it before you continue.

Procedure

To copy a selected entity or group of entities and paste them by a specified point:

  1. Select the entity and then Modify ► Drop, or click the icon in the Modify toolbar.

  2. You are prompted to:

Indicate the source point

  1. If you do not select any elements, and you select the repeat option, you are prompted to:

No entities selected, select the required entities to continue

  1. Select the entities to be moved.

  2. You are prompted to:

Select the required entities and press [Esc] / Spacebar when done

  1. Select the entities and press [Esc] or [Spacebar].

  2. You are prompted to:

Indicate the source point

  1. Press [Enter] or click on the source point.

  1. You are prompted to:

Indicate the destination point

  1. Position the cursor at a point in the drawing by moving the cursor to the point, jumping to the desired point or using the snaps to move to the desired source point. Now press [Enter] or click. The copied entities move as the cursor is moved.

  1. Press [Enter] or click on the destination point.

  1. The selected set is pasted and you are again prompted to:

Indicate the destination point

  1. You can now enter the selection wherever required as the function repeats.

  2. Right-click and select Quit to end the function. Alternatively, press [Esc].

  1. Press [Esc] again to deselect the entities.

Polar Drop

Polar Drop allows you to drop the selected entities in a radial pattern about a specified centre point. The entities will be rotated to face the polar centre as the original selected entities do.

  1. Select the entities you want to drop. Now select Modify ► Drop in the Main Menu or click the icon in the Modify toolbar.

  2. You are prompted to:

Indicate the source point

  1. Click on a point in the selected entities to use as a "base point" when dropping entities.

  1. You will be prompted to indicate a destination point.

  2. Right-click and select Polar Drop from the context menu.

           

  1. The Drop function is now in "Polar Drop" mode.

  2. You are asked to indicate the centre point for polar drop. The snap mode is temporarily set to circle centre snap.

  3. Click or snap to any point in the drawing. In this case, you snap to the centre of an existing circle.

    

  1. You are prompted to indicate the destination point for the Polar Drop.

  2. As you move the mouse in the drawing, you will see that the copied entities rotate around the polar centre you specified.

  1. Position the cursor at any point in the drawing using the mouse and/or the jump/snap functions. Now press Enter or click.

  2. The copied entities are added to the drawing at the same distance from the polar centre as the original selected entities, and rotated to face the polar centre.

          

  1. The function repeats and you are again prompted to indicate the destination point for the polar drop.

         

  1. Press [Esc] key to quit the function.