Copying between drawings

You can use the Clipboard to cut or copy entities from one drawing to another. Cutting removes the selected entities from a drawing and stores them on the Clipboard. Copying duplicates the selected entities from a drawing and places them on the Clipboard.

To cut entities to the Clipboard

Select the entities you want to cut.

• Choose Edit > Cut.
• On the Standard toolbar, click the Cut tool ().
• Type cutclip and then press Enter.

To copy entities to the Clipboard

Select the entities you want to copy.

• Choose Edit > Copy.
• On the Standard toolbar, click the Copy tool ().
• Type copyclip and then press Enter.

Anything that you can copy to the Clipboard can be pasted into a drawing. The format in which the program adds the Clipboard contents to the drawing depends on the type of information in the Clipboard. For example, if you copy IntelliCAD drawing entities to the Clipboard, the program pastes them into the drawing as IntelliCAD entities. If you copy items to the Clipboard from other programs, they are pasted into the current drawing as embedded ActiveX® objects.

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Copying entities

Copying entities within a drawing