Alternative Duplicate
Command
Alternative Duplicate
Shortcut
Alt + D
Button
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Project the Curves onto the current construction plane along the normal direction, thereby generating a Curves.
Basic Usage
- Set the desired construction plane for projection.
- Select the Curves to project onto.
- Press Alt + D to execute the command.
- The projected Curves will be created on the current construction plane.
- Optionally, you can move the Curves using the Move Gizmo.
- You can also limit the direction of movement.
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Command Dialog
- XYZ: Specify the amount of movement of the X, Y, and Z axes.
- Orientation: Set the orientation of the move gizmo.
Normal: Sets the orientation to align with the object's surface normal.
Pivot: Sets the orientation to match the previously defined pivot orientation.
Construction Plane: Sets the orientation to align with the active construction plane.
World: Sets the orientation to align with the global (world) axis.- Pivot: Set the position of the pivot point.
Bbox: Positions the pivot at the center of the bounding box enclosing the selected objects.
Median: Positions the pivot at the average location of the pivots of the selected objects.
Active: Positions the pivot at the last selected (active) object's pivot.
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Keyboard Shortcuts
- X/ Y/Z X/Y/Z-axis: Constrain to the X, Y, or Z-axis.
- Shift + X/ Shift + Y/Shift + Z X, Y, Z plane: Constrain to the X, Y, or Z-plane.
- G Screen space: Limit to the visible plane.
- F Freestyle: Click to specify the starting point and endpoint, which will determine the direction and distance of movement.
- V Pivot: Click to specify the position of the Gizmo.
- Alt + V Remove pivot: Remove the configured pivots.
- W Orientation: Change the Gizmo's coordinate axis to different orientations.
- Right-click or click OK in the Command Dialog to confirm.