NCopy com­mand is used to copy objects that are con­tained in an exter­nal ref­er­ence, block, or DGN under­lay.

Users can copy select­ed objects into the cur­rent draw­ing with­out explod­ing or bind­ing an exter­nal ref­er­ence, block or DGN under­lay.

How to access NCopy com­mand

·When using Gstar­CAD Clas­sic work­space, find Express > Copy Nest­ed Objects, shown as below,

·When using 2D Draft­ing work­space, find Express > Blocks > Copy Nest­ed Objects (NCOPY), shown as below,

·Or just enter NCOPY in the com­mand line, and press Enter key,

After exe­cut­ing the com­mand, users get the fol­low­ing prompt:

Users need to spec­i­fy the com­po­nent of an exter­nal ref­er­ence, block or under­lay that you want to copy.

Oth­er prompts are:

Spec­i­fy base point

Users need to set the point to be used as a base point for plac­ing the copied objects.

Sec­ond point

In com­bi­na­tion with the first point, users need to spec­i­fy a vec­tor that indi­cates how far and in what direc­tion, the select­ed objects are moved.

Dis­place­ment

Users can spec­i­fy the dis­tance and direc­tion by coor­di­nates.

The spec­i­fied two points define a vec­tor, it indi­cates the posi­tion and direc­tion that copied objects moved to.