Copy, cut, and paste elements

After you draw elements, you have the same cut, copy, and paste options available to you as in any other Windows application. However, some of these options behave differently in the Industrial Graphic Editor.

You can also duplicate elements. Duplicating elements lets you quickly make copies of existing selected elements without first copying or cutting. You can duplicate one or more selected elements at the same time.

When you copy or duplicate elements, all of its properties are copied with the element. If you don't want the properties to be identical, change the properties after you copy.

Locked grouped elements and the path element behave differently when you copy or duplicate them.

If you copy or duplicate:

• A set of elements that are locked, the copy is not locked.

• Grouped elements, the copy is still grouped.

• A path element, the copy is also a path.