I have never had the need for this functionality. But thinking about it: Nobody (?) needs a duplicate to leave it where it is, next step is almost certainly (?) a movement of the freshly duplicated object. If that assumption is correct, then isn't a Transform > Copy a far more quicker way?

Just trying to understand when a copy-paste would be useful.

Thanks!

It may be the chaotic way in which I work but I use Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v followed by an immediate renaming quite a bit when I'm developing an assembly for 3d printing.
This gives me the original object with its original name 'under' a duplicate with a new name in exactly the right place in the assembly.
I then deselect the original object and continue designing on the new object.
I can readily switch between the two and if I decide that the new variant is inferior delete it and still have the earlier version available.

Mike.

Hi Ditto,

One example would be to transform an edge into a line.
Another is creating dummy objects for construction, ex blends...

Marc

Ahhh that's just perfect, thank you (this forum is outstanding!)

And Ditto -you're right of course, though the copy is usually followed by either a Transform, rotate or scale. Fairly often I make a duplicate just to lock down the original before uncertain edits too. So in this case Duplicate is perfect for my needs (not everybodys, and i absolutely respect Micheals UI strategy -it really does encourage experimentation and Eureka moments rather than 18x the amount of button clutter).

Religiously naming objects is usually something I do as almost second nature when on my workstation, but its not as easy on the tablet when mobile. for the record however- Moi on a tablet while commuting is actually a dream to use and a sanity saver!