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Clone a nd Align Tool 445
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To make the clones permanent, click Apply,
and then click Cancel or the close button (X, in
upper-right corner) to close the dialog .
Inter face
The Clone and Align tool takes the form of a
non-modal dialog; it remains open while you
work in the viewports. While the dialog is active,
the results of the current settings appear as a
prev iew in t he viewports. Because of the dialog’s
non-modal nature, you can change the selection of
source and destination objects on the fly and see
the results immediately in the viewports.
When the dialog focus is lost by activating another
dialog or clicking in a viewport (that is, its title bar
is gray rather than blue), the preview no longer
appears in the viewports. To make the cloned
objects permanent, click Apply when t he dialo g
is active.
Source and De s tination Parameters rollout
Designatesourceobjectsbyselectingthemina
viewport. If you do this with the Clone And A lign
dialog open, the dialog loses focus; click the dialog
to regain focus and update the sett ings.
Destination Objects [label]—This read-only field
shows the number of destination objects. To
change this value, use Pick, Pick List, and Clear.
Pick —When on, each object you click in the
viewports is added to the list of destination objects.
Click again to turn off after picking all destination
objects.
To qualify as a valid destination object, an object
must:
•nothavebeendesignatedasasourceor
destination object.
• be selectable (frozen objects can’t b e selected).
• not be a temporary cloned object.
Pick List—Opens the Pick Destination Objects
dialog, which lets you pick all dest ination o bjects
simultaneously, by name. In the dialog, highlight
the destination objects, and then click Pick.
Clea r All—Removes all destination objects from the
list. Available only when at least one destination
object is designated.
Source Objects [label]—This read-only field shows
thenumberofsourceobjects.Tochangethisvalue,
keep the dialog open, make sure Pick is off, and