CutClip

Copies entities to the Clipboard, and then erases them from the drawing.

Accessing the Command

command bar: cutclip

shortcut: Ctrl+X

menu bar: Edit | Cut

toolbar: Standard |

: cutclip

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select entities to cut to the clipboard: (Choose one or more entities; press Ctrl+A to select all entities.)

Select entities to cut to the clipboard: (Choose more entities, or press Enter to exit entity selection.)

Command Options

Option

Description

Select entities to cut to the clipboard

Choose the entities to be cut; use any entity selection method.

Once in the Clipboard, the entities can be pasted into the same drawing, into other drawings, and into other documents with Ctrl+V.

(*) The PictureExportScale user preference sets the resolution of the image when the exported geometry is pasted in a bitmap format, e.g. in a Word document.

Procedures

Using Cut and Paste to move entities between drawings

Move a selection as a block

Related Commands

ChSpace - moves entities from paper space to model space and vice versa.

CopyBase- copies selected entities to the Clipboard with a base point.

CopyClip - copies selected entities to the Clipboard.

CopyHist - copies all text from the Text window to the Clipboard.

PasteBlock - pasted entities from the Clipboard as a block at an insertion point.

PasteClip - pastes entities from the Clipboard into the current drawing.

PasteOrig - pastes entities from the Clipboard at the original coordinates.

PasteSpec - displays the Paste Special dialog box for controlling the format of pasted entities.