Edit Functions

The edit functions let you change existing drawing elements and manipulate them in a number of ways.

	EDIT
• Double click to edit any entity • Cut and paste using the Windows clipboard • Move and rotate selected entities with a simple click and drag   operation • Copy, move, rotate and scale selected entities • Mirror selected items about the vertical axis, horizontal axis or   a user-defined axis with the option to keep the original selection • Move selected entities to the front of or behind other entities • Move or copy selected entities to another layer • Linear or radial repeat of selected entities • Trim or snip away entities • Divide and extend arcs and lines • Divide and edit a line between the points of division • Cut and rub out a line between two indicated points • Join two lines • Fillet two lines or arcs with a specified radius • Chamfer two lines by offset /offset or offset / angle • Snip all items inside or outside a box or circle • Snip all items inside a polygon • Convert linked lines to polylines • Pick line types and text styles from existing entities on screen • Measure angles, areas, perimeters and distances • Stretch all items within a selected polygon or items defined by    the selection filter • Move a point and everything attached to it • Align or distribute selected objects vertically or horizontally to each other or to the drawing grid • Remove duplicate and embedded entities, unused layers and    unused blocks • Remove redundant line segments from polylines • Join line end points if they are within a certain distance • Tidy up over and undershoots where lines meet
	SELECTIONS
• Select by a mouse click, an enclosing rectangle, a crossing   rectangle or an enclosing polygon • Specify selection filter for a combination of lines, arcs, circles,    polylines, data items, block inserts, arrows, dimensions, text,    hatch and solid fill • Specify selection filter for a combination of colour, line style,    width, symbol and layer • Select text entities by font, height, width, angle, label origin and    content
	OBJECTS
• Group elements into objects with name and parent name • Show objects in a particular layer or with a specific name or    parent name • Create a list of drawing objects with the following items – object    name, parent name, quantity, total area and total perimeter • Create and insert blocks from selected drawing entities
	JUMPS AND SNAPS
• Point • End of line, arc or circle • Tangent to circle • Perpendicular to a line • Mid-line or at any ratio along the length of the line • Mid-point or at any ratio between the points • Intersection of any combination of entities • Absolute or relative to a known position • Absolute or relative polar (distance and bearing) • Lock cursor to any angle, line, geometry line or isometric angle • User-defined grid • Circle quadrant