Copy/Delete Geometry

Copy Geometry

You can make multiple copies of any geometry entity as follows:

1. Select the Geometry workflow tab.
2. Select any geometry entity or entities that you wish to copy.
3. Select Copy Geometry from the toolbar or from the Geometry menu. Input the following parameters in the Copy Entity dialog
   • Copies: the number of desired copies
   • Define by: methods for defining the direction vector. The direction vector is used to specify the direction in which copies will be generated from the centre of the original copy. The direction can be defined by:
     • X, Y or Z-axis
     • Custom vector or
     • Pick from Geometry to use existing geometry as the direction vector
   • Spacing: distance between copies along the defined direction vector
4. Select the Copy Mode:
   • 1D-Array Copy will generate the copies along one direction axis based on user input
   • 2D-Array Copy will generate the copies along the first axis and then each of those copies will be used to generate more copies along the second axis. For example, if you use the x and y axis for your two directions and specified 5 copies along the x-axis and 10 copies along the y-axis, you would fill a 5 by 10 unit rectangle with a total of 50 copies of your entity. Each axis can have a different number of copies, spacing and direction vector.

Delete Geometry

You can delete any geometry entity by selecting the entity and then selecting Delete Geometry or by selecting the delete symbol beside each entity in the Tree tab in the Visibility pane.