You can move entities around within the current drawing or from one drawing to another. The default method is to create a selection set and then specify a starting point, or base point, and an endpoint, or displacement point, to define the relocation of the entities. You can also relocate the entities using a direction vector.
To move a selection set
1 Do one of the following to choose Move (
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• On the ribbon, choose Edit > Move (in Modify).
• On the menu, choose Modify > Move.
• On the Modify toolbar, click the Move tool.
• Type move and then press Enter.
2 Select the entities, and then press Enter.
3 Specify the base point.
4 Specify the displacement point.
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To move an entity, select it (A), and then specify the base point (B) and the displacement point (C).
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Use a shortcut.
Click and drag the left mouse button to move a selected entity. If you often move entities accidentally using the mouse, you can turn off this feature by unmarking Use Click-Drag to Move Selected Entities on the Display tab of the Drawing Settings dialog box.
Use the Move/Copy/Rotate command.
You can move, copy, rotate, and scale selected entities using a single command. Choose the Move/Copy/Rotate express tool or type mocoro.
You can also move entities using grips. To move an entity using grips, select the entity to display its grips, and then click a grip and drag it. The grip you select depends on the type of entity you’re modifying. For example, to move a line entity, select the midpoint grip. To move a curved entity, such as an arc, circle, or ellipse, select the center point grip. Not all entities can be moved using grips.
To move an entity using grips
1 Select the entity.
2 Click a grip to select it.
3 Drag the entity to where you want to relocate it.
4 Click to release.
