gvSIG-Desktop 1.10. User Manual

This makes a copy of the objects you have selected. The elements copied will keep the same size and orientation as the originals. To access this tool, click on the “Copy” button in the tool bar

or go to the “Geometry” menu bar, then to "Modify" and "Copy".

The copying process is basically the same as the move process but the source objects do not move from their initial positions. New objects are created in the new location which are identical to the originals in size, shape and in the distance between them.

To make a copy, when the objects to be copied have been designated, two points need to indicated, the base point and the move point.

As with the rest of the tools, a projection of these objects will be shown in the view to specify the view location the copied objects are to be inserted in.

When the copied objects are situated in their location, click on the view again to set their position.

To copy objects from the command console, write the command "copy" when you have selected the objects you wish to copy, input the first move point and then the second point.

For example, when the command and the first move point have been input (30,40), the projection of the figure being copied appears. Input the second move point, (60, 40 in the example), and the new identical element will appear in the defined location.