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# Select sketcher element for copy operation.
# Select sketcher element for copy operation.
# Click on the {{Button|[[File:Sketcher_Copy.svg|16px]] [[Sketcher_Copy|Sketcher Copy]]}} button in the toolbar or choose {{MenuCommand|Sketch → Sketcher tools → [[File:Sketcher_Copy.svg|16px]] Copy}} from the Sketch menu.
# Click on the {{Button|[[File:Sketcher_Copy.svg|16px]] [[Sketcher_Copy|Sketcher Copy]]}} button in the toolbar or choose {{MenuCommand|Sketch → Sketcher tools → [[File:Sketcher_Copy.svg|16px]] Copy}} from the Sketch menu.
# Move the mouse in the in the [[3D_view|3D view]] to the desired location for the copy.</br>By keeping {{KEY|SHIFT}} pressed, the angle to the location point can be fixed in steps of 5°. {{Version|0.20}}
# Move the mouse in the [[3D_view|3D view]] to the desired location for the copy.</br>By keeping {{KEY|SHIFT}} pressed, the angle to the location point can be fixed in steps of 5°. {{Version|0.20}}
# Left-click in the 3D view to create the copy.
# Left-click in the 3D view to create the copy.
No extra constraints are added.
No extra constraints are added.

Revision as of 19:16, 12 October 2021

Sketcher Copy

Menu location
Sketch → Sketcher tools → Copy
Workbenches
Sketcher
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.16
See also
Sketcher Clone, Sketcher Move

Description

Copies the selected sketch elements from one point to another, using the last selected point as reference. When a copy is made, there is no link established between the copy and the original, see Sketcher Clone.

Usage

  1. Select sketcher element for copy operation.
  2. Click on the Sketcher Copy button in the toolbar or choose Sketch → Sketcher tools → Copy from the Sketch menu.
  3. Move the mouse in the 3D view to the desired location for the copy.
    By keeping SHIFT pressed, the angle to the location point can be fixed in steps of 5°. introduced in version 0.20
  4. Left-click in the 3D view to create the copy.

No extra constraints are added.