Paste an Object From the Clipboard

Paste objects on the clipboard to an open drawing or a model by selecting the Clipboard> Paste function from the context-sensitive menu. You can place objects on the clipboard by using the Clipboard> Cut or Clipboard> Copy functions in the context-sensitive menu.

If the clipboard is empty, the function is not available.

  1. Do either of the following:
    • Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu and select Clipboard> Paste.
    • Press Ctrl+V.
  2. A dashed line is drawn from the reference point when the cursor is almost in a horizontal, vertical or 45 degrees direction. The cursor then changes to a symbol which shows that the cursor can be locked in the direction in question. Do either of the following:
    • Lock the cursor in the desired direction by clicking the left mouse button.
    • Prevent locking the cursor direction by pressing the Alt key when selecting the location.

    You can also lock the cursor in relation to other point than the reference point by resetting the coordinates to the desired point with the Q key.

  3. Select the location of the object.

Before selecting the location, you can select functions from the auxiliary menu to, for example, rotate the object or change its height.

You can also rotate the object in the xy plane by using keyboard commands. The changing angle is displayed on the status bar (the value of the gamma angle will change).

  • at intervals of 45° by using Page Up and Page Down
  • at intervals of 5° by using the Up and Down arrow keys
  • at intervals of 1° by using the Left and Right arrow keys.

Note

  • You can paste objects copied to the clipboard to any drawing or model, for example to a drawing or a model of a different project. The locating height of the objects is defined according to the floor base height of the active drawing-model pair.
  • You can paste objects cut to the clipboard only to the same drawing/model from which they were cut.
  • You can rotate an object by using the keyboard commands when the ../user/SETUP file contains the keyword set.vertex.grouparrowrotate= 2.