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Copying and Pasting Objects

file and save them in the system clipboard. The options in the Paste Image dialog and
To paste the selection in Chief Architect or their results are similar to those in the Screen
another application, select Edit> Paste or Capture Setup dialog. See “Creating Screen
press Ctrl + V while in that application to Captures” on page 1158.
enable the Paste function.
Copy/Paste
Copy
Click the Copy/Paste edit button to
Select Edit> Copy or press Ctrl + C copy the selected object(s) to the
to copy the selected object(s) to the system clipboard and immediately enable the
system clipboard. To paste the selection in Paste function in Chief Architect.
Chief Architect or another application, select
Edit> Paste or press Ctrl + V while in that The Copy/Paste edit button activates
application to enable the Paste function. Paste mode in which each available edit tool
and handle makes a copy in addition to its
Paste primary function and four new edit buttons
display on the edit toolbar.
Select Edit> Paste or press Ctrl + V
to enable Paste mode, then left- or • Click the Sticky Mode edit button
right-click in the current view to paste the remain in the current mode and place
selected object(s) previously copied to the multiple copies of the selected object(s).
system clipboard at that location. If pasting
from another application, click in the • Click the Point to Point Move edit
destination view in Chief Architect first to button to make a copy of the selection at
make sure it is active. a specific location. See “Point to Point
Move” on page 251.
Once pasted, these object(s) are selected.
Objects pasted in 3D views are selected on • Click the Reflect About Object edit
their top surfaces. button to make a copy of the selection
If the selection being pasted consists of text, reflected about another object. See
it is placed in a Text object. “Reflect About Object” on page 265.
If the selection being pasted is an image, the • Click the Main Edit Mode edit but-
Paste Image dialog opens. ton or press the Esc key to return to the
selected object’s main edit toolbar.

If you paste a selection in a file other than its
original source file, when you return to the
original, Paste mode is still enabled.

The Copy/Paste edit button can be used
with the edit handles in either of two ways:
by clicking or by dragging an edit handle.

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