Move

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Classic, Pro and Platinum, Bricscad (Linux) Classic and Pro

Moves entities.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  move

alias:  m

menu bar:  Modify | Move

toolbar:  Modify |

 

: move

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select entities to move: (Choose one or more entities.)

Entities in set: 1

Select entities to move: (Choose more entities, or press Enter to continue.)

Enter base point: <Displacement> (Pick a point, enter x,y coordinates, or type D.)

Enter second point: <ENTER to use base point as displacement> (Pick another point, or press Enter.)

 

Command Options

Option

Description

Select entities to move

Specifies the entities to be moved.

Enter base point

Specifies the starting point.

Pick a point in the drawing, or enter x,y coordinates.

Use entity snap modes to ensure accuracy.

To move entities horizontally or vertically, hold down the Shift key.

Enter second point

Specifies the destination for the entities.

Pick a point in the drawing, or enter x,y coordinates.

Displacement

Specifies the distance to move the entities; prompts you:

Enter displacement point - pick a point.

Enter displacement point

Enter x,y,z coordinates to specify the distance in the x, y, and z direction.

To move 10 units only in the x direction, enter 10,0.

ENTER to use base point as displacement

When using the base point as displacement, Bricscad measures the distance from the origin (0,0,0) to the x,y,z coordinates of the base point.

Caution: this option can move entities farther than you may expect.

Related Commands

PEdit - moves the vertices of polylines.

CutClip - moves entities from the drawing to the Clipboard.


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