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Object Creation and Layers If you try to create an object on a layer that is
locked, the program will prompt you to
When it is created, every object is placed on unlock the layer. If you choose to leave the
a layer which controls whether and how it layer locked, the object will not be created.
displays. See “Layers” on page 184. See “Locking Layers” on page 186.

If you try to create an object on a layer that is Similarly, if you try to insert an object into
not set to display in the current view, the another object that is on a locked layer,
program will ask if you want to turn that nothing will be created. See “Inserted
layer on. See “Message Boxes” on page 44. Objects” on page 940.
• Click Yes to create the object and turn on If you place an object on a renamed or
its layer in the current view.
custom layer and then paste it into a new plan
• Click No to create the object but leave its or layout file, a new layer will be created in
layer turned off in the current view. the destination file.
• Click Cancel to not create the object and
leave the layer turned off.

Copying and Pasting Objects

New objects can also be created by cutting, If an object on a custom layer or one that
copying, and pasting existing objects, either inherits properties from a Saved Dimension
individually or in groups. Objects can be Default or Saved Text Style is pasted into a
copied from one floor to another, one view different plan or layout file:
window to another, and one file to another. • That Saved Default, Text Style, or layer
Because copying uses your system’s will be created in the destination file if it
clipboard, some objects can be pasted into does not already exist.
other applications, as well.
• If a Saved Default, Text Style, or layer
with the same name does exist in the des-
Objects created in an Imperial plan or tination file, the object will inherit its
layout should not be pasted into a metric attributes from the existing settings.
file, or vice versa. See “Units of Measure-
ment” on page 57. See “Multiple Saved Defaults” on page 89
and “Layers” on page 184.
Objects cannot be pasted into any views that
they cannot be created in normally. For A few objects, such as Terrain Perimeters
example, CAD objects cannot be pasted into and camera symbols, cannot be copied.
a 3D camera view or overview, while
Architectural objects cannot be pasted into a Cut
CAD Detail window or onto a layout page. Select Edit> Cut or press Ctrl + X to
remove the selected object(s) from the

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