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TIP Many of the tools and features in Maya can be accessed using keyboard
shortcuts. In Maya, these shortcuts are called Hotkeys. Some Hotkeys are
displayed directly beside the menu item, others are listed in the Hotkey Editor.
For a complete listing of available hotkeys, go to Hotkey editor.
2 In the Hypergraph, select the Column at the top node so that Column
becomes active in the scene view.
3 In the scene view, use the Move Tool to position Column at the front
corner of the temple base as shown below.
With your first column in position, you can now create a copy of the column
and position it on the adjacent corner of the base.
To create a duplicate copy of the column
1 With Column still selected in the Hypergraph, select Edit > Duplicate
Special >
from the main menu.
The Duplicate Special Options window appears.
2 In the Duplicate Special Options window, select Edit > Reset Settings and
then set the following options:
Number of Copies: 1
Leave the other options at their default settings.
3 In the Duplicate Special Options window, click Duplicate Special.
The Hypergraph view updates to show an additional column object in
the scene. The copy also takes on the prefix name of the original group
and is now labelled Column1.
In the scene view it appears that nothing was actually duplicated. When
an object is duplicated without any transformations the copy is positioned
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