Move, Rotate, Scale, or Copy

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Move, rotate, scale, or copy entities in sketches and drawings with the Move or Copy PropertyManager.

The Move and Copy operations do not create relations. To create relations, you must add relations.

Move or Copy Sketch Entities

To move or copy entities:

  1. In the Edit Sketch mode:

Click Move Entities (Sketch toolbar) or Tools, Sketch Tools, Move.

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Click Copy Entities (Sketch toolbar) or Tools, Sketch Tools, Copy.

With Copy Entities , you can copy dimensions and relations to a new location. Relations are copied only if you select Keep relations.

  1. In the PropertyManager, under Entities to Move or Entities to Copy:

    1. Select sketch entities for Sketch item or annotations .

    2. Select Keep relations to maintain relations between sketch entities. When cleared, relations are broken only between selected entities and those that are not selected; relations among the selected entities are maintained.

  2. Under Parameters:

Select From/To, click Start point to set a Base point , and then drag to position the sketch entities.

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Select X/Y and set values for Delta X and Delta Y to position the sketch entities.

  1. Click Repeat to again modify the position of the sketch entities by the same distance.

  2. Click .

Rotate Sketch Entities

To rotate sketch entities:

  1. In the Edit Sketch mode click Rotate Entities (Sketch toolbar) or Tools, Sketch Tools, Rotate.

  1. In the PropertyManager, under Entities to Rotate:

    1. Select sketch entities for Sketch item or annotations .

    2. Select Keep relations to maintain relations between sketch entities. When cleared, relations are broken only between selected entities and those that are not selected; relations among the selected entities are maintained.

  1. Under Parameters:

  1. Click Base Point (Rotate Point Defined) to set a Base point , and then click in the graphics area to set the Center of rotation.

  2. Set a value for Angle .

  1. Click .

Scale Sketch Entities

To scale sketch entities:

  1. In the Edit Sketch mode click Scale Entities (Sketch toolbar) or Tools, Sketch Tools, Scale.

  1. In the PropertyManager, under Entities to Scale, select sketch entities for Sketch item or annotations .

  1. Under Parameters:

  1. Click Base Point (Scale Point Defined) to set a Base point , and then click in the graphics area to set the point to Scale about.

  2. Set a value for Scale Factor .

  3. Select Copy to include the original sketch entities and the scaled copies.

  4. Set a value for Number of Copies .

  1. Click .

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