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Chapter 22 Moving, Rotating, & Resizing Entities
3 (optional) Rotate the rubber stamped entity by pressing plus (+) or minus
(-) on the numeric keypad, or F5 or SHIFT+F5.
4 Click to place copies of the entity.
To rubber stamp an entity while aligning it with two points
1 Select an entity or entities to copy.
2 On the Edit menu, click Transform, Rubber Stamp, or click the Rubber
Stamp button on the All-In-One toolbar, or right-click the entity, then
click Rubber Stamp on the pop-up menu that appears. An outline of the
entity appears and follows the pointer.
3 Press CTRL and click a point in the drawing for the basepoint of the rubber
stamped entity.
To rubber stamp an entity while scaling it and aligning it to points
1 Select the entity or entities to copy.
2 On the Edit menu, click Transform, Rubber Stamp, or click the Rubber
Stamp button on the All-In-One toolbar, or right-click the entity and click
Rubber Stamp on the pop-up menu that appears. An outline of the entity
appears and follows the pointer.
3 Press SHIFT+CTRL and click a point in the drawing for the basepoint of the
entity. A rubber-band outline appears and rotates and scales with the
pointer.
4 Continue pressing SHIFT+CTRL and click a second point. The copy is
placed.
Creating Patterns of Duplicate Entities
Many types of drawings make it necessary to use the same entity in several
instances that create a pattern, such as a row of bolts or a circular pattern of
holes. An easy way to create a pattern of entities is to use either of the
AutoArray commands—Symbol Array or Rubber Stamp Array. An array is a
pattern of identical sets of entities. Symbol Array allows you to create a
pattern of symbols, while Rubber Stamp Array allows you to create a pattern
of selected entities. Both commands afford you the flexibility of drag-and-
drop design. Simply select the symbol or entities you want to duplicate, select
the array pattern, and draw the array entity.