topic Re: copy rotate in Modeling

copy rotate

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:41:30 GMT

ok gang how do you copy rotate multiple times the objects in red.....

Re: copy rotate

TomWaltz — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:52:16 GMT

r wrote:
ok gang how do you copy rotate multiple times the objects in red.....

Select the two items.
Hit Rotate (Control-E)
Press Control-Alt. Two plus signs will appear by your cursor, indicating "multiple copy" mode.
Hit Escape when you are done.

Re: copy rotate

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:03:12 GMT

Tom thanks for your input..someday I will put a flak jacket on you and bring you to camden... but I need the door as well...why can't select all three....walls and door...as I said before the items in red.....in addition why is there no drag copy door function for circular walls...

Re: copy rotate

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:06:58 GMT

or if they're rotated at equal angles you can use

edit>multiply>rotate

bill

Re: copy rotate

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:32:56 GMT

the wall with the door is circular, huh?

you'll have to use "drag multiple copies" to spin the door opening in the wall. Then you'll have to do the side walls separately.

no way I can see to do them together in one step.

hth
wes

Re: copy rotate

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:05:20 GMT

I don't know why but you can drag and copy in a straight wall ......

Re: copy rotate

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:06:06 GMT

but in a circular wall...this is what you get.....

Re: copy rotate

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:03:36 GMT

Hello r

You can also cut the "small piece of circular wall" included between the two red walls and then use the "drag multiple copies".

After that you just need to cut and clear your "big circular wall" to only preserve the part between each door.

If you re sure of your angle you can also preserve to preserve a larger piece of your circular wall which include the part with the door and the part between two doors.

I agree with you that it is do-it-yourself..—in french "Bricolage"…—

Re: copy rotate

TomWaltz — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:21:58 GMT

r wrote:
but I need the door as well...why can't select all three....walls and door...as I said before the items in red.....in addition why is there no drag copy door function for circular walls...

OK, dumb GS rule time:
You can edit (doors and windows) OR (anything else). Never both.

You will also find that if you have a (door or window) AND (something else) selected, your right-click menus probably only show the commands that can affect what you have selected.

The workarounds would be
1) to copy the doors, then copy the walls
2) split the wall at the wing walls, and copy both the wing walls and the wall the door is in.

Re: copy rotate

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:10:34 GMT

I am surprised that I can't drag and copy in a circular wall...and you should see the size this building I am working on....anyway I will survive....I am hoping in the future there is an ALTERNATIVE in copying doors....especially if you different types...I like the feature of drag/copy, but there needs to be more.....

Re: copy rotate

Barry Kelly — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:02:53 GMT

r wrote:
I am surprised that I can't drag and copy in a circular wall...and you should see the size this building I am working on....anyway I will survive....I am hoping in the future there is an ALTERNATIVE in copying doors....especially if you different types...I like the feature of drag/copy, but there needs to be more.....

I'm using V81 and have no problem with DRAG or DRAG A COPY of doors in curved walls.
But you can't select the walls and door together and drag copies of them all at the same time as mentioned already.

Sometimes if an option doesn't appear in a right-click menu you may find it in the pull-down menu.
Mine shows up with right-click.

Barry.