Arraying Drawing Entities

You may duplicate a single drawing entity or selection of drawing entities in a rectangular array. From the Array dialog box specify the number of copies in the X, Y, an Z direction and the spacing between them. Two dimensional arrays are the most common, in this case the number of occurrences in the Z direction is one.

Create A Rectangular Drawing Entity Array

1. From the Modify menu select Drawing -Array, or from the Drawing/Schedules Toolbar select .
2. To select multiple entities, left click on the pull-down arrow to the right of the button to invoke the secondary menu. Select Window or All.
3. Select the entity(ies) to be arrayed.
4. Enter the number of copies in each direction.
5. Specify the spacing between copies in each direction.
6. Click Ok.

Create A Rotated Rectangular Drawing Entity Array

1. From the Modify menu select Drawing -Array, or from the Drawing/Schedules Toolbar select .
2. To select multiple entities, left click on the pull-down arrow to the right of the button to invoke the secondary menu. Select Window or All.
3. Select the entity(ies) to be arrayed.
4. Enter the number of copies in each direction.
5. Specify the spacing between copies in each direction.
6. Enter the angle by which you want to rotate the array counterclockwise from the X axis.
7. Click Ok.