User's Manual

DOC08010 Rev. A (DRAFT 1) 5–17
Stratasys P750K User Guide
Copying and
Pasting
Objects
Ifȱyouȱneedȱtoȱduplicateȱobjectsȱonȱtheȱbuildȱtray,ȱyouȱcanȱinsertȱtheȱsameȱ
objectȱfromȱitsȱfileȱmoreȱthanȱonce.ȱAnȱeasierȱway,ȱhowever,ȱisȱtoȱcopyȱandȱ
pasteȱtheȱobject.ȱYouȱcanȱcopyȱobjectsȱfromȱtheȱbuildȱtrayȱorȱtheȱmodelȱ
tree—individualȱorȱmultipleȱpartsȱorȱassemblies.ȱThe
ȱobjectsȱcopiedȱremainȱ
inȱtheȱWindowsȱclipboardȱuntilȱyouȱpasteȱthemȱontoȱtheȱbuildȱtray.ȱ
Youȱcanȱalsoȱcopyȱobjectsȱfromȱoneȱtrayȱandȱpasteȱthemȱontoȱanother,ȱinȱtheȱ
sameȱwayȱasȱyouȱcopyȱtextȱfromȱoneȱdocumentȱandȱpasteȱitȱintoȱanotherȱ
one.ȱHowever,ȱObjetȱStudioȱallowsȱonlyȱ
oneȱtrayȱtoȱbeȱopenȱatȱaȱtime.ȱForȱ
eachȱbuildȱtrayȱyouȱneedȱtoȱworkȱwithȱ(atȱtheȱsameȱtime),ȱyouȱmustȱopenȱaȱ
separateȱObjetȱStudioȱwindow,ȱbyȱrunningȱtheȱapplicationȱagainȱ(fromȱtheȱ
WindowsȱStartȱmenu).
YouȱperformȱtheȱCopyȱandȱPasteȱcommandsȱasȱinȱotherȱWindowsȱ
applications:
• fromȱtheȱrightȬclickȱcontextȱmenu.
• byȱusingȱkeyboardȱshortcutsȱ(Ctrl+CȱandȱCtrl+V,ȱrespectively).
TheȱPasteȱSpecialȱcommandȱ(fromȱtheȱobject’sȱrightȬclickȱcontextȱmenu)ȱ
enablesȱyouȱtoȱplaceȱduplicateȱobjectsȱevenȱmoreȱefficiently:
• Youȱcanȱspecifyȱtheȱnumberȱofȱduplicatesȱtoȱplaceȱonȱtheȱbuildȱtrayȱatȱ
once.
• Youȱcanȱsetȱtheȱdistance,ȱonȱeachȱaxis,ȱbetweenȱtheȱduplicateȱobjects.
• Youȱcanȱmanipulateȱmirrorȱimagesȱofȱtheȱoriginalȱobject,ȱandȱflipȱthemȱ
onȱselectedȱaxes.
Figure 5-18: Paste Special dialog box
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. For example, if you need to change the model material
of an object (saved as an objdf file) to match the model material already
used in the production build tray, you must do so before inserting the
object—on another tray. Copying and pasting also allows you to use objects
already configured on previously-used build trays for newer projects.