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From the Vault

Originally published July 2010

"Single" Option for Copy

When we (finally) got the Copy command to be in ‘Multiple’ mode by default, I'm sure many of you shared in my celebration of something that was very long in coming. However, some did not find it to be the optimum condition. And although I don't hear it very often, I can understand how the "Single" mode may be the preferred condition.

Just in case you would like to check it out, here are the options you'll want when you run the Copy command:

Command: COPY
Select objects: 1 found   
Select objects: [ENTER]
Current settings:  Copy mode = Multiple
Specify base point or [Displacement/mOde] <Displacement>: O
Enter a copy mode option [Single/Multiple] <Multiple>: S
Specify base point or [Displacement/mOde/Multiple] <Displacement>: [Pick a point]
Specify second point or <use first point as displacement>: [Pick a point]
Command: 

The COPYMODE variable

Although you can change the copy mode on the fly as in the command sequence above, some of you may want to set "Single" mode to be the default. To do that, simply set the COPYMODE variable to 1.

Command: copymode
Enter new value for COPYMODE <0>: 1
Command:

You can change the default back to "Multiple" at any time by setting the variable back to 0.

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