Copy, paste, delete and undo

Undo and redo

Every change can be undone: Ctrl+Z undoes, Ctrl+Y (or Ctrl+Shift+Z) redoes. The Edit menu says what will be undone ("Undo Move wall"). A drag, a move or a change to a value is one step. The history is saved in the project file, so it is still there after you reopen it.

Copy, cut and paste

• Ctrl+C copies the selection, Ctrl+X cuts it, and Ctrl+V pastes it back in the same place. Walls keep their doors and windows.
• Then press M or G to move the pasted copy where it belongs.
• The copy is text, so you can paste it into a second CreaBIM window.

Shift+D (duplicate) copies and starts moving the copy in one go. In Move, Ctrl leaves a copy behind at each click.

Split

Split cuts an element in two along a line you choose, where Divide cuts it into even parts.

1. Select what to cut: walls, slabs, parts, sketches or masses.
2. Right-click it and pick Split… (at the top of the menu), use Edit › Split…, or the Split button beside Duplicate.
3. Click a guide, a line or an edge to cut along, or click two points. The drawing snaps work while you pick them. A red see-through cutting plane shows where it cuts, in every view.
4. Click the side to keep selected.

Walls are cut where their line crosses the plane. Slabs, parts drawn from a plan and closed sketches are cut into the outlines on each side (a cut across both arms of a U gives three). An open sketch is cut at every crossing, and a mass by the plane. A split is one undo step; Esc leaves.

Delete

Del deletes what is selected. Things that belong to it go too: a wall's doors and windows, an element's tags and attached dimensions. The Delete button in Properties counts them ("Delete (and 2 attached)"). Ctrl+Z brings everything back.

Hide and show

To get something out of the way for a moment:

• H hides the selection, in 3D and the 2D views.
• Shift+H shows only the selection.
• Alt+H shows everything again.

This is for working only: sheets and exports still show everything, and hidden elements come back when you reopen the project. To leave things out of a view for good, use visibility.