Spatial Tools Compatible lets you move, copy, preview, rotate, flip, and paste entire builds easily!

Whether you are relocating a base, duplicating a machine setup, sharing a blueprint, or adjusting a complex modded structure, this mod gives you tools that feel powerful, predictable, and safe to use. It works as a standalone structure tool, but becomes especially useful in technical modpacks where normal copy-paste tools often fail. With built-in support for AE2, GTCEu, Mekanism, FramedBlocks, Sophisticated Storage, Curios, Project Red, LaserIO, Flux Networks, Extended AE and more! it is designed to preserve not just the shape of your build, but the important details that make it actually work.

What This Mod Does

Spatial Tools Compatible is a structure tools mod focused on copying, cutting, previewing, transforming, and pasting builds in a clean and controlled way.

It is useful for:

Moving builds to new locations
Rotating or flipping existing builds
Copying machines, cables, pipes, framed blocks, and technical setups
Saving reusable structures
Sharing builds with other players
Working with modded blocks that need more than simple block copying

The mod works perfectly well on its own. Optional integrations expand what it can do when supported mods are installed.

Main Tools

Portable Spatial Storage

A handheld tool for moving structures.

It captures a selected area, removes it from the world, stores it, and allows you to paste it somewhere else. It saves all data about the structure, all machine settings, inventories, all your resources stay safe!

Select two corners to capture a structure
Right-click to cut the structure out of the world
It will store it for later placement
You will see preview before pasting
It will check collisions before placement so you won't lose any blocks!
In the menu you can also rotate and flip the structure before pasting

This is ideal when you want to relocate a build.

Portable Spatial Cloner

A copy-based version of the tool that leaves the original structure intact. It also saves as much data about the structure as it can, for example machine upgrades, machine settings or cable connections. On paste it will restore them so you won't need to do manual setup after!

Copies structures without removing the original
Supports partial placement when some blocks are missing
Tracks required materials
Can save many builds at once
Can export and import structures to files you can share with others!
Can use AE2 storage and autocrafting when available
Can also pull materials from any other storage systems like for example: the storage controller from sophisticated storage or even a normal vanilla chest

This is useful for reusable blueprints, repeated machine setups, base modules, and sharing builds between worlds or players.

Preview and Transform Workflow

Both tools support a full preview workflow before placement.

You can adjust your build before committing it to the world:

Real-time preview in the world
3D preview inside the GUI
Horizontal/vertical flip
Rotation
Placement offsets with live preview

This makes it much easier to place large or complex structures exactly where you want them.

Multi-Structure Management

The Cloner is not limited to a single temporary clipboard.

You can:

Store multiple structures at once
Search and name saved structures
Export structures to files
Import structures from files

This turns the tool into a reusable blueprint system, not just a simple copy-paste item.

Built-In Mod Compatibility

Spatial Tools Compatible includes special handling for modded blocks and systems that often break with generic building tools.

The goal is to preserve as much of the structure’s real behavior and configuration as possible.

AE2

Supports AE2 cable buses and cable parts
Saves part settings and upgrades
Has AE2 storage integration
Has AE2 autocrafting support

GTCEu

Saves Machine settings
Saves Bus/Hatch settings
Saves Pipes and covers with their connections and settings
Connects all pipes and cables after pasting for you

Mekanism

Machine upgrades and settings

FramedBlocks

Proper support for framed blocks
Copies framed blocks correctly
Pastes framed blocks correctly
Lists framed block requirements

Survival and Creative Use

The tools are designed to behave sensibly in both survival and creative play.

In survival, placement requires materials
In creative, restrictions are bypassed
Special and unbreakable blocks are only copied in creative

This allows the mod to fit both normal gameplay and creative building!

Notes

AE2 is not required to use this mod
AE2 integration is optional
Compatibility depends on the blocks and systems involved
The mod is specifically designed to handle difficult modded structures that many generic building tools do not
Energy upgrades can be changed in the config
Default energy upgrade item: ae2:energy_card
For those who worry about save corruption with large structures, you don't have to! All data is saved in server data not in the item's NBT.