Pasting an Object from the Clipboard

The Paste command in Footprint Editor places an object that is stored on the Clipboard at the position specified on the active layer.

1. Press Ctrl + V. Alternatively, click Home > Clipboard > Paste on the ribbon. The pasted object is in the dragged state.
2. To change the drag reference point to a vertex of the object, click Drag Reference Point (Vertex) on the assist menu.
3. To flip the object around the X axis, click Flip Verticallyon the assist menu.
4. To rotate 90°, 180° or 270°, click Rotate 90, Rotate 180 or Rotate 270 respectively on the assist menu.
5. To rotate an object by the angle indicated by Rotation step in the command dialog, click Rotate by Specified Angle on the assist menu.

2. Change the active layer to one on which to input the object. See: Active Layer.

3. To paste the object, specify the coordinates.

Assist menu

The following items can be selected by right-clicking the mouse:

Input Coordinate

Drag Reference Point (Vertex)

Drag Reference Point (Point)

Drag Reference Point (Center)

Flip Horizontally

Flip Vertically

Rotate 90

Rotate 180

Rotate 270

Rotate by Specified Angle

Undo

Cancel

Command dialog

For details about the command dialog that is displayed when the command is run, see: Paste.