Copying Drawing Entities - Concepts

The Copy Drawing Entity command duplicates drawing entities in the graphics area. You may copy a Single entity, multiple entities in a user-defined Window or select All entities. Text may also be copied in this manner.

Once the duplicate entities have been created, each copied entity can be modified independently. Each new copy has the same attributes as the original (color, line type, text size, etc.).

Copying large blocks of drawing entities (lines, rectangles, text, etc.)

When copying large blocks of drawing entities, the grouping may appear as a large rectangle representing the limits of the selected entities. This is done to facilitate movement without sacrificing refresh times. If you find the rectangle difficult to work with, you can increase the number of entities allowed before the rectangle is displayed by increasing the Ghost Image - Number of Entities Cutoff parameter in Advanced System Settings.