BimCopy – Bricsys Support and Help Center

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Creates copies from the planar faces of 3D solids, and the sides and ends of linear solids.

Accessing the Command

Commandline: BIMCOPY

Quad: Model tab | BIM copy

Ribbon: Home | Modify | BIM copy

Toolbar: BIM Manipulate Toolbar | BIM copy

: BimCopy

Move the solid, specify a distance in the dynamic dimension field, and right-click to create a single copy.

Prompts you in the command bar:

Copy mode: single copy (in the Prompt History window)

Prompts you in the command bar:

Specify distance to create copy or switch to [Copy/Repeat/Number/Accept] <Accept>: (Enter the distance value to make a copy of the solid at the specified distance or use one of the available options in the command bar)

Command Options

Option	Description
Copy	Creates copies of the planar faces of 3D solids, and the sides and ends of linear solids.
Repeat	Repeats the copy using the same displacement. Move the cursor in the displacement direction. The further you move away from the source solid, the more copies are created. Click when the desired number of copies displays.
Number	Creates a number of copies you want to have in your model; prompts you: Specify number of repeated copies: (specify the number of entities you want to create in the dynamic dimension field and press Enter to accept it.)
Accept	Accepts the current distance you entered in the dynamic dimension field. This is the default option. Either press Enter to use this option or type A in the command line.