Paste Special dialog

The Paste special dialog enables you to replicate or transfer objects or their settings between FeatureCAM part files.

You can display the Paste Special dialog in different ways depending what you want to do:

• To duplicate features in the document:
  1. Select a feature in the graphics window or Part Tree.
  2. Select Home tab > Clipboard > Copy to copy the selected objects to the clipboard.
  3. Select Home tab > Clipboard > Paste > Paste Special.
• To insert features from the Part Library:
  1. Select Home tab > Clipboard > Paste > Paste Special to display the Part Library dialog.
  2. Select a feature in the Part Library dialog and click Paste.
• To insert Part Library features using the New Feature wizard:
  1. In the New Feature wizard, under From Feature, select User and click Next.
  2. On the User defined feature page, select a feature and click Next.

These options are displayed in the Paste Special dialog:

• Paste the clipboard contents into the current setup — This inserts the objects in the clipboard into the current FeatureCAM part document. This is the same as selecting Home tab > Clipboard > Paste > Paste from the menu.
Note: If you paste into the same document that you copied from, the new copy is placed on top of the original.
• Paste the clipboard… Select a new location — This inserts the objects in the clipboard into the current FeatureCAM part document, and the Paste Special - Reference dialog is displayed which you can use to position the objects.
• Copy attributes from feature to another feature — The Paste Special - Attributes dialog is displayed, which you can use to apply the machining attributes of the copied feature to other features in the model. This option is only available if the clipboard contains a single feature.
Important: The Undo button is unavailable after using Copy attributes from feature to another feature.
• Paste the clipboard contents into the current setup — The Select New Profile Curve(s) dialog is displayed, which you can use to replace the pasted feature's boundary curve with a curve in the document.