The Modify tools - Introduction to AutoCAD 2011: 2D and 3D Design - page 100

Introduction

The Modify tools are among those most frequently used. The tools are

found in the Home/Modify panel. A click on the arrow at the bottom of the
Home/Modify panel brings down a further set of tool icons (Fig. 5.1). They
can also be selected from the Modify drop-down menu (Fig. 5.2). In the
AutoCAD Classic workspace, they can be selected from the Modify toolbar.

Fig. 5.1 The Modify tool icons in the Home/Modify panel

Using the Erase tool from Home/Modify was described in Chapter 2.
Examples of tools other than the Explode follow. See also Chapter 9 for
Explode .

First example - Copy ( Fig. 5.5 )

1. Construct Fig. 5.3 using Polyline . Do not include the dimensions.

Fig. 5.2 The Modify

drop-down menu

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Fig. 5.3 First example - Copy Object - outlines

The Copy tool

2. Call the Copy tool - either left-click on its tool icon in the Home/
Modify panel ( Fig. 5.4 ) or enter cp or copy at the command line.
The command line shows:

Command: _copy
Select objects: pick the cross 1 found
Select objects: right-click