Objet Eden500V - Copying and Pasting Objects; Selecting Objects

DOC-00500 Rev. F 5–5
Eden500V/350V/350 User Guide
Copying and
Pasting
Objects
Ifyouneedtoduplicateobjectsonthebuildtray,youcan,ofcourse,insert
thesameobjectfromitsfilemorethanonce.Aneasierway,however,isto
copyandpastetheobject.Youcancopyobjectsfromthebuildtrayorthe
hierarchypane.Theobjectscopiedremain
intheWindowsclipboarduntil
youpastethemontothebuildtray.
Youcanalsocopyobjectsfromonetrayandpastethemontoanother,inthe
samewayasyoucopytextfromonedocumentandpasteitintoanother
one.However,ObjetStudioallowsonlyonetrayto
beopenatatime.For
eachbuildtrayyouneedtoworkwith(atthesametime),youmustopena
separateObjetStudiowindow,byrunningtheapplicationagain(fromthe
WindowsStartmenu).
YouperformtheCopyandPastecommandsasinotherWindows
applications:
• fromtheEditmenu,onthemaintoolbar
• fromtheright‐clickcontextmenu
• byusingkeyboardshortcuts(Ctrl+CandCtrl+V,respectively)
ThePasteSpecialcommand(inthe
Editmenu)enablesyoutoplace
duplicateobjectsevenmoreefficiently:
• Youcanspecifythenumberofduplicatestoplaceonthebuildtrayat
once.
• Youcansetthedistance,oneachaxis,betweentheduplicateobjects.
• Youcanplacemirrorimagesoftheoriginalobject.
Figure 5-6: Paste Special dialog box
Selecting
Objects
Tomanipulate anobjectonthebuildtrayorassigncharacteristicstoit
(surfacefinish,forexample),youmustfirstselecttheobject.Youselectan
objectbyclickingit,eitheronthetrayorinthetrayhierarchypane.Its
imageonthebuildtraychangescolor(tolightblue,
bydefault)andits
nameishighlightedinthetrayhierarchypane.Youcanselectmultiple
objectsbypressingthe
CtrlorShiftkeyswhileclickingadditionalobjects.
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.