The Cut command removes an object from the drawing, temporarily storing the object in the clipboard.
To cut an object:
1. Select the object(s) to remove.
2. Select Edit > Cut.
Alternatively, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on the object, and select Cut from the object context menu.
The object is moved from the drawing to the clipboard.
The Copy command copies an object to the clipboard, where it is temporarily stored. The original object remains on the drawing.
To copy an object:
1. Select the object(s) to copy.
2. Select Edit > Copy.
Alternatively, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on the object, and select Copy from the object context menu.
The program places a copy of the object in the clipboard.
The Paste command places the clipboard object(s) into the same drawing file, into another Vectorworks file, or into another software program’s file (if that program also has copy, cut, and paste commands). As long as the Vectorworks program remains open while the object is in the clipboard, the object retains all its object information for pasting into Vectorworks documents.
Some image quality can be lost when Vectorworks objects are pasted into other programs, or from other programs into a Vectorworks file.
To paste an object:
1. Open the file and layer where the object is to be added.
2. Select Edit > Paste.
Alternatively, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on the drawing area, and select Paste from the document context menu.
The program pastes the clipboard contents centered on the location of the last mouse click, unless the last mouse click is outside the current view. In that case, the contents are pasted at the center of the drawing. When you paste into a different Vectorworks file, the program automatically centers the clipboard contents in the drawing area.
When a raster image is pasted into a Vectorworks file, it is automatically compressed to PNG format to reduce the Vectorworks file size.
Like the Paste command, the Paste as Bitmap command places a copy of the clipboard contents in the active Vectorworks drawing file. However, Paste as Bitmap places the entire clipboard contents as a single bitmap object. Because the pasted clipboard content is now one item, individual objects (including symbols and text) can no longer be edited.
This command can be useful if there are multiple objects on the clipboard that you do not want to edit separately, or if the clipboard objects may lose some image quality if they are converted into Vectorworks objects.
To paste as a bitmap:
1. Open the file and layer where the object is to be added.
2. Select Edit > Paste as Bitmap.
The Paste in Place command works exactly like the Paste command, except that the clipboard contents are pasted into the active drawing at the same coordinates (relative to the user origin) from which they were copied. When you paste to a sheet layer, remember that each sheet layer has its own user origin, which may be different from the origin of the layer where the object was copied (see Internal Origin and User Origin for details).
To paste in place:
1. Open the file and layer where the object is to be added.
2. Select Edit > Paste in Place.