topic Re: copying and dragging building all levels globally, at on in Modeling

copying and dragging building all levels globally, at once.

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:47:51 GMT

Supposedly the marquee tool allows one to select a drawn building and then one should be able to select all in marquee and copy the building. BUT, not all the floors move if I dragcopy them. I have to highlight each story, select all within the story and then copy move and hope I paste them all in the right place. Unfortunately with this method I get double object occasionaly if I am not thorough enough with my levels. I have to move all floors individually. How do I facilitate a global move? There must be a better way!?

Re: copying and dragging building all levels globally, at on

Dwight — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:56:05 GMT

REFERENCE GUIDE

"MARQUEE AREA"

"Marquee Area Definition: Single Story or All Storys"

Re: copying and dragging building all levels globally, at on

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:23:34 GMT

Remember to turn on all layers and unlock all layers before moving.
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Re: copying and dragging building all levels globally, at on

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:26:47 GMT

If you have your (thick line) marquee defined you do not have to select elements as well. Just drag.

If you have the marquee then select items it is only picking up those on the current storey.

Re: copying and dragging building all levels globally, at on

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:38:58 GMT

"If you have your (thick line) marquee defined you do not have to select elements as well. Just drag. "

-not quite-doesn't work, with thick marquee it will NOT select all stories.

"REFERENCE GUIDE

"MARQUEE AREA"

"Marquee Area Definition: Single Story or All Storys""

-like I said-doesn't work.

Is it a glitch or am I doing something wrong elsewhere?

Re: copying and dragging building all levels globally, at on

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:55:44 GMT

If trace reference is on - refresh the screen for the trace reference
to reflect the move.

The marquee is very very reliable. Definitely something else.

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Re: copying and dragging building all levels globally, at on

Greg A_ Blunier — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:22:22 GMT

It sounds like you are trying to use the copy/paste commands to make the copies.

What you need to do is to use the multi-story (thick) marquee to surround the entire project (with all layers visible and unlocked) then then just use the drag-a-copy command.