Command: drag

Syntax

drag {<elist> ... }

Description

Drag graphic entities interactively.

Parameters

• <elist>
  A group/entity list defining which entities are to be dragged. If omitted, the current contents of the these group are dragged.

Switches

• -cur=<cursor>
  Gin cursor to use during dragging. The cursor echoes the drag point. If omitted, no cursor is used.

• -ef=<filter>
  A filter to be applied to all entities within <elist>, further qualifying which entities are to be dragged. If omitted, the filter current_filter is used.

• -ow=<window>
  Drag the entities within the specified window. If omitted, the current graphic window is used.

• -p=<point>
  The drag point, used for re-location tolerancing if necessary. If omitted, the mid-point of the entity extremities is used.

• -sl=<points>
  A series of points describing a 3-D drag path restricting the interactive movement. If omitted, no path is used and the entities may be positioned anywhere.

Notes

Sub-entities of compounds may be manipulated in isolation from their parent entities.

Examples

Drag all entities in the these group in a window.

drag -ow=gwin

Drag two entities within the current graphic window along a path using a predefined user cursor hand_cursor.

point ppath[] = this.vertex
drag fred, my.face, -sl=ppath, -cur=hand_cursor

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