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380 | Chapter 17 Change Existing Objects
5 Specify the third source point, or press ENTER to continue.
6 Specify whether you want to scale objects to the alignment points.
The objects are aligned (moved and rotated into position), and then
scaled. The first destination point is the base point of the scale, the dis-
tance between the first and second source points is the reference length,
and the distance between the first and second destination points is the
new reference length.
Command line
ALIGN
Copy, Offset, or Mirror Objects
You can create duplicates of objects in your drawing that are either identical
or similar to selected objects.
Copy Objects
You can create duplicates of objects at a specified distance from the original.
You specify the distance and direction by two points, a from point (1) and a
to point (2), called the base point and the second point of displacement,
respectively. These points can be located anywhere within the drawing.
You can also copy an object using a relative distance by entering coordinate
values for the first point and pressing
ENTER for the second point of displace-
ment. This instructs AutoCAD to use the coordinate values as a relative
displacement rather than a base point. The objects you selected are copied to
a new location determined by the relative coordinate values you entered. Do
not include an @ sign as you normally would for relative coordinates because
a relative coordinate is expected.
To copy objects a specified distance, you can use the direct distance entry
feature together with Ortho and polar tracking.
object selected
1
2
original object
copy of object
result