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santoshbaraiya
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Making duplicate cirlces

I have one circle and I want to copy it to several places in a certain way so that if I change the diameter of one circle, the diameter of all the other copied circle changes.

Is there any way to do that?

cadffm
en respuesta a: santoshbaraiya

Hi.

 

1. You can change the rad of multiple circles by properties palette [CTRL]+[1]

    Make sure you can select all of them in one step (extra Layer for example, special color, or whatever to make this possible)

   Command: QSELECT or FILTER or SSX ...

 

2. I would create a BLOCK which contains one centered circle (all properties ByBlock, Layer 0) with diam 1

    This way you can select alle the items by Blockname and you can rescale it like a usual circle (XYZ-Scale) individually.

  

Sebastian

pendean
en respuesta a: santoshbaraiya

A block, regardless of how many copies there are in a single DWG file, can be edited once using BEDIT or REFEDIT commands to change the content, then all copies of it will change too.

A core AutoCAD function.

Now, if your circle was a block... you just got your wish granted @santoshbaraiya

Another way would be the usage of parametric constraints.

In the parametric tap use "equal" on the circles. (or the command GCEQAL)

 

But...i've never used parametric constraints in AutoCAD. (They are a powerful, must-use tool in Inventor)

It could end in a bad result, if you forget the constraints on one of the circles.

Therefore: i recommend to use blocks , like pendean suggested.