Duplicate vs. Copy command

[Marshall Wright]

Greetings,

Question. If I create a series of lines and polys and maybe a symbol, select all objects, can I then use copy or duplicate to create a copy of the object? Do these two commands do different things with various types of objects?

Thanks in advance.

Marshall

[Robert Anderson]

Duplicate creates a duplicate copy of the objects in the current environment. Copy creates a duplicate copy of the objects in an area of memory called the "clipboard". You can then "Paste" anything that is contained in the Clipboard to another environment.

[Marshall Wright]

Robert,

So I understand here. They both accomplish the same thing but "duplicate" is quicker?

[Robert Anderson]

Different things. Duplicate is quicker if you want to use the objects in the same place. Copy is quicker if you want to move the duplicate info somewhere else.

[Jonathan Pickup]

if you want a copy of the object on the same layer i use duplicate. An easy way to duplicate is to drag the object the new location while holding down the Option Key (macintosh) or CTRL Key (windows). I call it drag a copy and it is really fast!

Copy and paste when you want to copy the object to a different layer or inside a group (or symbol, roof, floor etc.)