User guide

884 Chapter 38 Working in the Environment
Note: If any objects are selected when attempting to paste objects to the current layer,
a dialog asks if you want to “Replace current selection? No/Replace”. If you press Enter
or click Replace, the selected objects will be replaced by the objects in the Clipboard.
The existing cabling remains intact.
To use drag and drop to copy objects to a different layer:
1 Open a second Environment window that displays the target layer.
2 Select the objects you want to copy in the first Environment window, press Option, and
drag them from one window to the other.
Tidying Up Moved or Copied Objects
Objects can be freely placed, which is flexible, but can lead to overlaps or
misalignments—particularly when pasting between layers. Fortunately, you can quickly
clean up object positions.
To snap objects to a grid:
m Enable View > Snap Positions to align the objects to an invisible grid.
It’s a good idea to leave snap positions switched on. You only need to switch it off if
you want to manually move an object by a few pixels.
You can also use the following key commands to move all selected objects one pixel in
the relevant direction, even when the grid is switched on:
 Object Move Left
 Object Move Right
 Object Move Up
 Object Move Down
To align several selected objects horizontally or vertically:
m Choose Options > Clean up > Align Objects (or use the corresponding key command).
The top left object stays where it is. The position of the next object determines
whether the objects are aligned in a column or a row. If it is to the right of the top left
object, all objects are aligned horizontally (row). If it is below the top left object, all
objects are aligned vertically (column).
To align selected objects to the invisible grid:
m Choose Options > Clean up > Positions by Grid.