Copy windows and doors

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We'll begin by opening an existing project from the recent files page

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and we'll zoom in region on the upper right corner of this building.

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So we do that by right clicking

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and from the shortcut, right click menu,

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we will choose zoom in region

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and then click in an empty area, drag the cursor to the right.

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And when we let go,

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we will now zoom into that area.

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We're going to copy an existing window into another wall and the window

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we're going to copy is one of these on the curved wall here.

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If we hover, we can see the name of the family name of the family and type.

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And if we select that window,

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our properties pallet type selector will also inform

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us as to the name of that family.

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We're going to right click and from this menu, we're going to choose, create similar

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and that will enable us to insert the same window into another wall.

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So if I hover on my cursor in the middle of that wall there,

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and we click there

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that now inserts this window and notice it includes a tag,

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we're now going to copy this window using the copy command.

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So before we do that, we're going to go up to the ribbon and click on modify

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and then come across and click on the window that we just inserted

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in readiness to be copied.

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So we'll click on that window

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and from the contextual modify windows, tab, modify panel, we'll choose copy.

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We'll click a start point which will be the middle of that window

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and then we'll pan and zoom to the lower right hand corner of this building

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and place that window

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in that short wall on the bottom right hand corner.

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Now we can see we've been successful in copying the window,

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but unfortunately, it hasn't included the tag.

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So we're going to undo that.

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So if you go up to the quick axis toolbar and click undo

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and then pan and zoom to the upper right corner

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again where the window we require is already inserted.

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The reason the tag wasn't included is because

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we didn't include it in the selection window.

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So we're going to click and drag around the window. But this time include the tag

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and do the same thing again by going up to the ribbon

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within the modifier panel and click copy,

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pick where we want to start the copy, which will be the middle of the window.

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And once again zoom and pan using the wheel on

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our mouse to the bottom right corner of this building

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and place the window

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in that same wall

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and we now see that we've been successful this time in copying both the window

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and the tag.

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We will now deselect the window by clicking in empty space

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and double click the wheel on the mouse to a performer zoom to fit.

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We're now going to copy a door using the same methods used for the window.

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We're going to zoom in region. So we're going to right click again

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and click zoom in region.

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And this time we'll zoom into the middle of the building

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like so, so so click drag diagonally across and release the mouse button

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and that will zoom into that region successfully.

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We're going to start by using create similar to insert this door along this wall.

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So we select that door,

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right, click

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create similar

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and we're going to place a copy of that door along the same wall.

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And we see we've been successful,

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we'll now choose modify to cancel that tool.

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And this time using the copy command,

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we're going to copy this door along the same wall it already exists in.

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So we select the door first and from the contextual ribbon modify panel,

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we click on copy

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and we start the copy by clicking the middle of the existing door

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and then move to an alternative location along that same wall.

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And we can see that's now been copied.

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What we're now going to do is move that door. So we're not gonna copy this time.

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We're going to move it from this wall

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and place it within this wall.

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So while it's still selected,

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we go up to the contextual ribbon and within the host panel, click on,

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pick new host and we can see it's removed from that wall that it was already in.

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And it now allows us to place that into any other alternative wall.

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So I'm gonna place my cursor there.

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I'm going to hit the space bar to reverse the swing

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and then left mouse click to place that door within that wall.

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I think gonna choose modifier to stop this process.

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So we go up to the ribbon and click on, modify

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and finally double click the wheel

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to zoom to fit.