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DOC-24000 Rev. A 5–5
Alaris30 User Guide
Copying and
Pasting
Objects
Ifyouneedtoduplicateobjectsonthebuildtray,youcan,ofcourse,insert
thesameobjectfromitsfilemorethanonce.Aneasierway,however,isto
copyandpastetheobject.Youcancopyobjectsfromthebuildtrayorthe
hierarchypane.TheobjectscopiedremainintheWi
ndowsclipboarduntil
youpastethemontothebuildtray.
Youcanalsocopyobjectsfromonetrayandpastethemontoanother,inthe
samewayasyoucopytextfromonedocumentandpasteitintoanother
one.However,ObjetStudioallowsonlyonetraytobeopenatatime.For
eachbuildtrayyo
uneedtoworkwith(atthesametime),youmustopena
separateObjetStudiowindow,byrunningtheapplicationagain(fromthe
WindowsStartmenu).
YouperformtheCopyandPastecommandsasinotherWindows
applications:
fromtheEditmenu,onthemaintoolbar
fromtherightclickcontextmenu
byusingkeyboardshortcuts(Ctrl+CandCtrl+V,respectively)
ThePasteSpecialcommand(inthe
Editmenu)enablesyoutoplace
duplicateobjectsevenmoreefficiently:
Youcanspecifythenumberofduplicatestoplaceonthebuildtrayat
once.
Youcansetthedistance,oneachaxis,betweentheduplicateobjects.
Youcanplacemirrorimagesoftheoriginalobject.
Figure 5-6: Paste Special dialog box
Selecting
Objects
Tomanipulateanobjectonthebuildtrayorassigncharacteristicstoit
(surfacefinish,forexample),youmustfirstselecttheobject.Youselectan
objectbyclickingit,eitheronthetrayorinthetrayhierarchypane.Its
imageonthebuildtraychangescolor(tolightblue,byde
fault)andits
nameishighlightedinthetrayhierarchypane.Youcanselectmultiple
objectsbypressingthe
CtrlorShiftkeyswhileclickingadditionalobjects.
Having multiple Objet Studio windows open can be convenient when you
need to manipulate or configure objects before inserting them in your
production build tray. Copying and pasting also allows you to utilize objects
already configured on previously-used build trays for newer projects.
DRAFT 4 - July 11, 2010