Cut
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Keyboard: CUTCLIP
Shortcut: Ctrl+X
Cuts (removes) the selection from your drawing and places it on the Windows Clipboard. You can paste the selection into another location in the drawing, into another drawing, or into another program.
Select entities to cut to the clipboard: Select the entities you want cut. The entities are copied to the Clipboard in the following formats:
Format | Explanation |
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Picture | WMF (Windows metafile), a vector format. |
Bitmap | BMP, a raster format. |
Enhanced metafile | EMF (enhanced metafile), a vector format. |
progeCAD | The native vector format of the program. |
Object Descriptor | Used by OLE v2. |
DIB | Device-independent bitmap, a raster format. |
To paste the drawing in a specific format, use the Edit > Paste Special command. For example, you can paste the drawing in picture (WMF or EMF) format to create a two-dimensional version of a three-dimensional drawing.