Pasting Objects

The Paste command places the clipboard object into the same drawing file, into another VectorWorks file, or into another software program’s file (if that program also has copy, cut, and paste commands). As long as VectorWorks remains open while the object is in the clipboard, the object retains all its object information for pasting into VectorWorks documents.

Some image quality can be lost when pasting into other programs.

To paste an object:

1.	Open the file and layer where the object is to be added.

2.	Select Edit > Paste.

Alternatively, select Paste from the object context menu.

VectorWorks pastes the object centered on the location of the last mouse click, unless the last mouse click is outside the current view. In that case, the object is pasted at the center of the drawing. When pasting a clipboard object into a different VectorWorks file, VectorWorks automatically centers the object in the drawing area.

When a raster image is pasted into a VectorWorks file, it is automatically compressed to PNG format to reduce the VectorWorks file size.