Paste objects to a specific position

You can use the embedded viewer for rough layout planning to add resources into the graphics at a specific position. If you paste or drop resources into the tree, the resources are created at the 0,0,0 position, meaning that you must relocate the resources to the station where they are needed. To simplify this, you can add objects into the Graphics view at the right position using the Paste Here command.

Copy the objects that you want to paste to the clipboard and do one of the following:

• To add the objects under the top line of the structure, right-click the desired point in the viewer and choose Paste Here.

• To add the objects at a different location in the structure:

  Right-click the desired parent object in the structure tree or in the viewer and choose Set Active Parent. This menu command is available only when the Graphics view is open. Teamcenter displays the active parent in the viewer in the color that you specify in the MEActiveParentColorPref preference.

  Right-click the desired point in the viewer and choose Paste Here.

  (Optional) Unset the active parent by right-clicking it and choosing Set Active Parent again.

Teamcenter places the objects at the specified location in the viewer, adds them under the active parent in the structure, and updates the transformation matrix to reflect the chosen location.

• The Paste Here command is available only for product and work area structures. It is not available for process structures.

• If you unload the structure view, the active parent selection is lost.