Copy: COPY

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Toolbar: Modify > Copy

Ribbon: Edit > Copy (in Modify)

Menu: Modify > Copy

Keyboard: _COPY

Aliases: CO, CP

Draws a duplicate of the selected entities. You can draw multiple copies from a single selection, and you can specify the base and displacement points. The entities you select to copy are not moved from their original location. The entities you copy maintain all the attributes (such as linetype, color, and layer) of the original entities.

Select the entity you want to copy. Specify the base point. Specify the displacement point for the copy.	Result.

FILter/<Select entities to copy>: Select the entities you want to copy. Choose FILter to filter the selection by properties.

Specify base point or [Displacement/mOde] <Displacement>: Specify the displacement or base point to use for placement of the copies. To change the mode to create single or multiple copies, choose Mode.

To copy entities by selecting the base point

Select the entity you want to copy. Specify the base point. Specify the displacement point for the copy.	Result.

Select the base point. The base point need not be anywhere near the entity being copied. If you enter an x,y,z value for the location of the copies, for example, 3,3,2, the copied entities are placed at a distance of 3 units in the x direction, 3 units in the y direction, and 2 units in the z direction.

Specify second point or <use first point as displacement>: Specify the point of displacement, or press Enter to use the first point as the displacement. The copy of the entity is placed at a point that is the difference between the point you used to select the entity and the base point you selected.

Specify second point or <Exit>: Specify another point for creating multiple copies, or press Enter. To copy an entity along a path, use the Divide or Measure commands with the Block option. To copy an entity in a rectangular or polar pattern, use the Array or 3D Array commands.

To prompt for single copies only

Choose Mode.

Enter a copy mode option [Single/Multiple] <Multiple>: Choose Single.

To copy entities in a linear array

FILter/<Select entities to copy to the clipboard>: Select the entities you want to copy. Choose FILter to filter the selection by properties.

Specify base point or [Displacement/mOde] <Displacement>: Specify the start point of the line along which you want to place entities.

Specify second point or [Array] <use first point as displacement>: Choose Array.

Enter number of items to array: Enter the number of copies to include in the array.

Specify second point or [Fit]: Specify the second point of the line along which you want to place entities; this is the point where the first entities in the array will be placed. Or if you choose Fit, it is the point where the last entities in the array will be placed.

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