Moving an Object within a Drawing/Model

Move the selected objects to a new location. You can only use this function to move objects within the same drawing/model from which you selected the objects.

  1. Select one or more objects.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Select Move from the ribbon.
    • Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu and select the Move function.
    • Press the Home key.
  3. Select a reference point.
  4. A dashed line is drawn from the reference point when the cursor is almost in a horizontal, vertical or 45 degrees direction. The cursor then changes to a symbol which shows that the cursor can be locked in the direction in question. Do either of the following:
    • Lock the cursor in the desired direction by clicking the left mouse button.
    • Prevent locking the cursor direction by pressing the Alt key when selecting the location.

    You can also lock the cursor in relation to other point than the reference point by resetting the coordinates to the desired point with the Q key.

  5. Select a new location for the reference point.

Before selecting the new location for the object, you can select functions from the auxiliary menu to, for example, rotate the object or change its height.

You can also rotate the object in the xy plane by using keyboard commands. The changing angle is displayed on the status bar (the value of the gamma angle will change).

  • at intervals of 45° by using Page Up and Page Down
  • at intervals of 5° by using the Up and Down arrow keys
  • at intervals of 1° by using the Left and Right arrow keys.

Note

  • If the selected object is a door or a window, a reference point does not need to be selected. Instead, the program will automatically select the reference point used when the opening was added. You can change the reference point and edit the window by using the Auxiliary Opening Functions.
  • You can rotate an object by using the keyboard commands when the ../user/SETUP file contains the keyword set.vertex.grouparrowrotate= 2.
  • You can also move objects within the same drawing with the Clipboard> Cut and Clipboard> Paste functions in the context-sensitive menu.
  • You can also move individual objects by dragging from the grip point, see Moving an Object from the Grip Point.