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Edit Menu
The following table explains the options available from the Edit menu.
Edit Menu
Icon
Menu Option
Description
Cut
Places the selected object on the clipboard. The object is not removed from the process plan until it is pasted in a new area.
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Whether or not part usage information is copied from the source when doing a cut and paste or drag and drop in the tree is defined in the Preference Management utility.
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If the selected object cannot be removed, the system will perform a copy.
Copy
Places the selected object on the clipboard so the object can be included in another area.
Paste
Places an object from the clipboard into the selected location.
Paste as New Branch
When Adding Parts with Associative BOM Links creates a new branch iteration of the selected node and then creates new equivalence links to the upstream BOM.
Paste as New Part
When Adding Parts with Associative BOM Links creates a new downstream part and then creates new equivalent links to the copied upstream part.
Copy to Windchill Clipboard
Places the objects selected in the explorer window on to a clipboard where they can be pasted into locations outside of the explorer.
Copy to Windchill Clipboard
Places into the explorer parts or document selected from outside of the explorer.
Use to find in the navigation pane objects that meet the entered criteria. Objects are displayed in the tree. Click Find to move to the next object that meets the entered criteria. Possible search types include name or number searches, and if visualization is enabled, geometric spatial searches.
Create Downstream Parent and Cut
Use to copy the selected occurrences to the clipboard. Parent parts of these occurrences are then transformed into a downstream assembly. Once you create the downstream parent and paste it to another sub-assembly the selected occurrences are cut from the new assembly.
Create Downstream Parent and Paste
Use to paste occurrences that have been copied to the clipboard using the Create Downstream Parent and Cut to the new downstream assembly that has been transformed from the selected node. The occurrences on the clipboard are then moved from the transformed source downstream assembly to the newly created transformed downstream assembly.