Cutting, Copying, Pasting, Deleting and Duplicating Drawing Objects
These menu commands of the drawing object pop-up menu enable deletion, moving one or several diagram elements.
Cut
Select Cut to delete the selected drawing objects and to place them on the clipboard (the previous clipboard contents are overwritten).
Only graphical drawing objects and links are actually deleted when you use the Cut command. If you delete element, they are no longer displayed in the diagram, but they still exist in the repository.Copy
Select Copy to put your selection on the clipboard (the previous clipboard contents are overwritten).
Paste
Select Paste to put the contents of the clipboard in the diagram at the position you clicked last. Note that the clipboard is not emptied and you can repaste its contents multiple times.
Clear
Select Clear to delete your selection from the diagram. This command does not affect the clipboard contents.
Duplicating
Select Duplicate to copy your selection and place it next to the original.
This function is available with HOPEX Windows Front-End only.To duplicate you can also:
• Hold down the <Ctrl> key and select the drawing object(s) you want to duplicate.
• Keep the <Ctrl> key down and drag the selection to the place in the diagram where you want the duplicate to be.
• Release the mouse button, then the <Ctrl> key.
The selection is still at its original location, but its copy is placed where you dragged it.