Ctrl key to copy?
In AutoCAD, when grip editing an entity, and if you hold the Ctrl key while dragging the grip, you get a copy of the entity.
This does not work in BricsCAD for me. Is there a setting that controls this?
(You can still use the "C" option at the command line during a grip edit to make a copy)
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When grip editing, repeatedly hit the space bar to cycle the grip editing options Stretch/Move/Rotate/Scale/Mirror. Each of these options has a Copy option.
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Aha! I never knew that
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What does work is copying the entity 'as is' by pressing the Ctrl-key while dragging the entity.
What is not supported is creating copies while grip-editing, resulting in modified copies of the original, e.g. with one of the vertices in a new location.0 -
To move or copy an object without using any command or any letter options:
1. Select the object.
2. Click on the object again (not on an editable grip) and hold.
3. Press and hold Shift or Ctrl while dragging. Shift = move, Ctrl = copy.Some objects (lines, circles, arcs, ...?) have a grip that can be used to drag-move the object without a command and without the above procedure. In v17, the Ctrl key doesn't seem to change that move to a copy.
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Thanks for the tip and confirmation @Hans De Backer
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@Anthony Apostolaros - Shift in your step 3 is not necessary here. It defaults to a MOVE operation.
This is the process that does not work in BricsCAD (using grip editing only).
http://www.cad-addict.com/2009/07/autocad-offset-ellipses-and-keep-them.htmlYou can use the Copy option on the keyboard however.
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