Copy to Clipboard

Toolbar: Standard > Copy ()

Menu: Edit > Copy

Keyboard: COPYCLIP

Shortcut: Ctrl+C

Copies the selection to the Windows Clipboard. You can paste the selection into another drawing or into another program.

Select entities to copy to the clipboard: Select the entities you want to copy. The entities are copied to the Clipboard in the following formats:

Format Description
Picture WMF (Windows metafile), a vector format.
Bitmap BMP, a raster format.
Enhanced metafile EMF (enhanced metafile), a vector format.
IntelliCAD® 2001 Entities The native vector format of the program.
IntelliCAD Block The native vector format of the program inserted as a block definition.
Object Descriptor Used by ActiveX v2.
DIB Device-independent bitmap, a raster format.

To paste the drawing in a specific format, use the Edit > Paste Special commands. For example, you can paste the drawing in picture (WMF or EMF) format to create a two-dimensional version of a three-dimensional drawing. Or you can select Bitmap format to paste the drawing into a raster editing program.

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