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In the Copy window, we define the translation vector with the first and second points, in this case (0,0,0) and (0,0,10). Option Do extrude surfaces must be selected; this option allows us to create the lateral surfaces of the cube. Fill in the rest of variables as shown in the following image.


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 NOTE: In the Copy and Move windows, the button may be used to select existing points with the mouse, or alternatively enter its number in the entry field.

 NOTE: If we look at the Copy Window, we can see an option called Collapse. By activating this option, point 6 will be merged with point 5 when the entities are copied. By labeling the entities we could verify that only one point has been created.

If the user does not choose option Collapse, when the entities are copied (in this case from point 1 to point 5) GiD would create a new point (point 6) with the same coordinates as point 5.
To finish the copy command click Select, select the surface and then press ESC. We obtain the following surfaces:

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