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- FRCPY Menu: MANIP
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- Selects entities within a fence, and copies and rotates them.
-
- 1. (POINT) first corner of fence
- 2. (POINT) opposite corner of fence
- 3. * (POINT) point to copy & rotate from
- 4. * (NUM) rotation angle (+/360)
- 5. * (POINT) copy to point
-
- Description:
- This command selects entities within a fence, copies them, and translates and
- rotates the copies. It is especially useful for instances (placed objects)
- that you wish to set on a plane (columns, pre-designed elements, etc.). The
- resulting entities appear only after the next redraw command (e.g., \refr).
- The copied group of entities is selected by the system for further
- manipulations.
- Pick the first and opposite corners of the fence. Pick the point from which
- you wish to copy and rotate your selection group, and then enter the rotation
- angle about the xy plane. Finally, pick the destination point.
- You are prompted to pick additional "from" points, rotation angles, and "to"
- points until you enter another command.
-
- Example: \frcpy -2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 3 3 0
-
- Result: All entities or instances within the fence from point -2 -2 0 to point
- 0 0 0 will be copied from 0 0 0 to 3 3 0 with rotation of 45 about xy relative
- to the original group. The new group is now the selected one, ready for more
- manipulations.