Std Edit Menu
Description
File Edit View Tools Macro Windows Help
The Edit menu is part of the Standard Menu in the FreeCAD Interface
The Edit menu provides functions related to changing the model, such as Copy, Paste, etc.
Options
- Undo reverses the last command.
- Redo reapplies the last command reversed by Undo.
- Cut places selected objects onto the clipboard and deletes them in the current document.
- Copy places selected objects onto the clipboard.
- Paste moves the contents of the clipboard to the current document.
- Duplicate Selection is a shortcut for Copy + Paste.
- Refresh redraws the display.
- Box Selection allows selecting all objects in a rectangular area.
- Box element selection allows selecting sub elements (vertices, edges, faces) in a rectangular area.
- Select All selects all objects in the current document.
- Delete deletes the current selection.
- Placement... opens the Placement dialog for the selected object.
- Alignment... opens the Alignment dialog for the selected objects.
- Toggle Edit mode turns Edit Mode on or off for the selected objects.
- Preferences opens the user Preferences dialog. On the Mac OS this menu option may appear in the FreeCAD menu instead of the Edit menu.
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