Cutting, Copying and Pasting Objects

You can select objects to copy or remove them then paste this selection to the location of your choice. This task describes the generic behavior but apps offer a variety of specific cutting and pasting scenarios.

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Why should you be careful when copying, cutting, or inserting partially loaded products?
  1. Select the object you want to cut, copy, or paste.
  2. From the Standard Area of the action bar, click the appropriate command:
    Command Mouse or Keyboard Action Purpose Notes
    Cut
    • Press Ctrl+X.
    • Right-click then select Cut.
    • In the 3D area or in the tree, drag the selection (although not a graphical cut, this is equivalent to the cut operation).
    		 Places what you cut in the clipboard. When cutting new, modified, or pointed objects, a warning message gives you a list of unsaved objects that are going to be removed.

    "Pointed objects" includes directly pointed objects as well as objects indirectly pointed by an object about to be cut. For example, when cutting a subelement, all the modified representations included in this subelement are listed in the warning.

    If an object is cut and not immediately pasted (another operation is performed before paste), the cut is converted into copy.

    Important: Objects may not be listed in the warning message if they have been edited in another editor or if they are pointed by another object in another editor.
    Copy
    • Press Ctrl+C.
    • Right-click then select Copy.
    • In the 3D area or in the tree, press and hold down the Ctrl key and drag the selection.
    		 Places what you copy in the clipboard.
    Paste
    • Press Ctrl+V.
    • Right-click then select Paste.
    • In the 3D area or in the tree, drop what you are dragging.
    		 Pastes objects to the location of your choice.
    • Contextual features such as fillets or extracts cannot be pasted if their parent element (edge, face...) has not been previously selected.
    • You cannot copy then paste an object from one session to another.
    • When pasting several kinds of features simultaneously, these features are pasted with the first paste format available in the Paste Special list, provided that each of the pasted features accepts this format.
    • By default, the pasted instance is placed at the same position as the source object. However, for a copy and paste operation, you can use the Robot to position the pasted object.
    Paste Special... Pastes content using predefined paste formats. See Using Paste Special.
    Clipboard Press Alt+F2 to open or close the clipboard. Keeps in storage objects that have been cut or copied, to paste them later during your session. See Using the Clipboard to Copy/Cut and Paste Objects.