This article will show you how to create a command that copies an object in place.

“^C^C_copy 0,0 0,0” “^C” is cancel or the equivalent of pressing the Esc key. Always start your command with two ^C in front to exit any commands you may be in. “_copy " initiates the copy command A space will do the same as pressing spacebar in the command line. The copy command then asks for a base point, and our macro inputs 0,0. To copy in place we then specify 0,0 for the point we copy to.