Simple tool to paste same alignment from where copied?

Technical Problems SketchUp
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Hey folks.

I have often run into an issue where I want to copy elements from one group, and paste those objects into a new group at the same location and alignment as where they came from. However when I do the past command into another group, it always comes in at some other angle of rotation.

Suggestions?

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Have you tried using Paste in Place in the Edit menu?

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That made me very happy…can’t believe I never saw that.

Thanks Dave.

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Excellent! I use Paste in place a great deal. I almost never use the regular Paste. I set up a keyboard shortcut for Paste in place to make it faster.

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Good idea - Think I’ll do the same.

Would have helped me on some very subtle complex curves and geometry like the Ped

2200×1164 2.57 MB
bridge I did.

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