I have tried Dave’s method on Mac and can’t get it to work either. I also notice that when Dave moves the copied square, it appears to move in a perfect horizontal line. My experience is like @PaulMcAlenan where the copied item moves around randomly until you find a locking point. But that doesn’t happen if you haven’t moved the handle. The copy will then move along an axis automatically.
I think we need a photo of Dave’s tongue position when making this clever manoeuvre.
Hey everyone,
This was a bug in our latest update that broke the move-copy inferencing behavior. We have fixed this issue for the next update, but I do not have a timeframe for the release.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
Adam
For a second object, but not to make an array? 
It would place a copy on top, which you could use to snap to the one that’s underneath.
True! 
Yeah. This one bugs the ■■■■ outta me!
Ahha! pretty slick.
Yay Sketchup Team!
I didn’t know this could be done in the first place. What is the procedure to be able to copy multiple times?
You just type * and then a number after you finish dragging. you can also type / and then a number to make the copies appear between where you started/stopped. Also works with rotate!
Just to add to this issue…
It’s similar but doesn’t involve copying.
I have a group and when I move it and try to snap it to the line it won’t snap.
Only when I grab the gizmo and reposition the gizmo will the group then snap to the line
That might be a different issue:
Hey Paul,
This is expected behavior when moving a group. For groups we use the four corners of the bounding box as the inference points, not the entities contained within the group.
Hope that clears things up,
Adam
thanks Adam
