Draft Move

Description
The Move tool moves or copies the selected objects from one point to another.

The Move tool can be used on 2D shapes created with the Draft Workbench or Sketcher Workbench, but can also be used on many types of 3D objects such as those created with the Part Workbench or Arch Workbench.

To produce various copies in different arrangements use Draft Array, Draft PathArray and Draft PointArray.



Usage

 * 1) Select the objects that you wish to move or copy.
 * 2) Press the  button, or press  then  keys. If no object is selected, you will be invited to select one.
 * 3) Click a first point on the 3D view, or type a coordinate and press the  button. This serves as the base point of the operation.
 * 4) Click another point on the 3D view, or type a coordinate and press the  button. This is the new position of the base point.

Options
The single character keyboard shortcuts available in the task panel can be changed. See Draft Preferences. The shortcuts mentioned here are the default shortcuts.


 * To manually enter coordinates enter the X, Y and Z component, and press after each. Or you can press the  button when you have the desired values. It is advisable to move the pointer out of the 3D view before entering coordinates.
 * You can use polar coordinates for the second point. Enter a value for the and a value for the, and press  after each.
 * Check the checkbox to constrain the pointer to the specified angle.
 * Press or click the  checkbox to toggle relative mode. If relative mode is on, the coordinates of the second point are relative to the first point, else they are relative to the coordinate system origin.
 * Press or click the  checkbox to toggle global mode. If global mode is on, coordinates are relative to the global coordinate system, else they are relative to the working plane coordinate system.
 * Press or click the  checkbox to toggle continue mode. If continue mode is on, the command will restart after finishing. This mode really only makes sense if copy mode is switched on. Depending on the  preference, either the original objects are selected for the next command call or the copies that were created last. See Preferences.
 * Press or click the  checkbox to toggle copy mode. If copy mode is on, the command will create moved copies instead of moving the original objects.
 * Press or click the  checkbox to toggle subelement mode. If subelement mode is on, the command will move the selected subelements instead of the whole objects. The subelements must belong to Draft objects with a  property, such as Draft Wires.
 * If copy mode and subelement mode are both on, and edges of Draft Wires are selected, new wires will be created from those edges.
 * Press or the  button to abort the command.

Preferences
See also: Preferences Editor and Draft Preferences.


 * To change the number of decimals used for the input of coordinates, lengths and angles:.
 * To switch on copy mode by default:.
 * To reselect the base objects after copying objects:.

Scripting
See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

To move objects use the method of the Draft module.


 * contains the objects to be moved. It is either a single object or a list of objects.
 * is the displacement.
 * If is  copies are created instead of moving the original objects.
 * is returned with the original moved objects, or with the new copies. It is either a single object or a list of objects, depending on.

Example: