Copying Shape by Specifying Base Point


Copy a shape on the drawing, and register it to the Windows Clipboard. The copied shape can be pasted on the same or other drawings with a [Paste] command. It can also be pasted to other applications supporting OLE (a mechanism to enable data transfer/sharing among Windows application software).

  1. Click [Copy with Base Point] on [Edit] menu.
  2. Select a shape to be copied.
  3. Click a base point for copying on the drawing.
    The system will copy a shape selected using the clicked position as a base point.
    The specified base point will also be used as a base point for locating the copied shape.
  4. Supplemental
    You can specify the base point by inputting X and Y coordinates in [Base Point] box on Command Window.

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