AutoCAD® 2012 and AutoCAD LT® 2012 Essentials: Autodesk® Official Training Guide

Move and Copy

MOVE and COPY are the most commonly used commands in AutoCAD. As you'll see in the following steps, they are very similar in that they both require a distance and a direction to indicate where you plan to displace the selected objects.

1. If the file is not already open from performing the previous step, go to the book's web page, browse to Chapter 4, download the file Ch4-A.dwg (or Ch4-A-metric.dwg), and open it.
2. Pan to the Training room, where there are two desks and two chairs.
3. Click the chair that is not in front of a desk to select it.
4. Position the cursor over the selected chair, but not over one of its grips. Drag the chair to move it closer to the upper desk as shown in Figure 4.10.

   FIGURE 4.10 Moving a selected object by ...