Cut ( Drawing Editor > select object(s) > Ctrl + x )

Tool summary :

• Deletes Drawing Editor objects that you select and saves a temporary copy of them so that you can later Paste them elsewhere.
• For example, you can Paste the Cut objects to another location in your current drawing, or you can Paste them to another drawing.
• If you current drawing is not a crane placement drawing , only those selected objects that on visible comment layers (comment layers marked " Show ") will actually be cut. On a crane placement drawing, objects can be cut from any shown layer.
• The Drawing Editor retains the Cut objects in memory until you restart your computer or do another Cut or Copy operation.
• The reference point used for pasting the Cut objects is at the lower, left of the bounding box of the copy.
• Cut operates independently of a similar operation for cutting text in SDS2 windows. To cut text in an entry field on a window, use Ctrl + x , which also happens to be the default keyboard shortcut assigned to Cut .
• See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

• Comment layer (on most drawings, object to be cut must be on this type of layer)
• Crane placement drawings (drawing type on which you can cut objects from non-comment layers)
• Show ( Cut acts on objects on comment layers marked " Show ")
• Copy (similar to Cut )
• Cut with Reference Point (alternative to Cut )
• Paste (the reason to do a Cut )
• Paste at Original Location (alternative to Paste )

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   Step-by-step instructions :

These instructions assume that you are not on a crane placement drawing.

1 . Before using this tool:

1a : In Select Items mode, use Select or Select + (or draw an area box ) to select the graphic objects (lines, circles, labels, etc.) that you want to Cut (they change color when selected). Use Select- if you want to deselect objects.

Tip: The selection count decoration shows you the total number of objects you have selected. But only the selected objects that are on comment layers will actually be cut.

2 . Invoke Cut using any one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Click the Cut icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Edit ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Edit > Cut .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Cut can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the ' Lightning ' layout style, configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .

Method 6 : Right-click and choose " Cut ' on the context menu .

3 . The selected objects that are on comment layers disappear. Any other objects that you selected (items not on comment layers) are unselected. A copy of the cut objects is maintained in memory so long as you do not Copy or Cut or Copy with Reference Point or Cut with Reference Point another group of objects.

Note: If you Cut a group of graphic objects, then use Ctrl + x to cut text in an entry window, each cut is stored in memory independently. This means that if you then Paste , the graphic objects will be pasted, not the text.

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