Operations in the Diagram Editor
When the Diagram Editor is active, use the commands on the Edit menu and right-click menu to perform various operations on elements in the Diagram Editor. Available commands vary based on the current selection and on the previous command.
- Rotate – Rotate a selected object or group of objects 90° counterclockwise.
- Flip Vertical – Flip the selected object or group of objects around the X-axis. To flip multiple objects vertically:
- Select (Ctrl+click) the objects you want to flip vertically.
- Select Edit > Flip Vertical, or right-click the selected objects and select Flip Vertical.
The first object selected is highlighted in red; each subsequently selected object is highlighted in dark red.
- Flip Horizontal – Flip the selected object or group of objects around the Y-axis. To flip multiple objects horizontally:
- Select (Ctrl+click) the objects you want to flip horizontally.
- Click Edit > Flip Horizontal, or right-click the selected objects and select Flip Horizontal.
The first object selected is highlighted in red; each subsequently selected object is highlighted in dark red.
- Undo – Cancel the last operation.
- Redo – Re-execute the last operation that was undone.
- Cut – Remove the selected objects and retain a copy for pasting into a diagram in the same application.
- Copy – Create a local copy of selected objects for pasting into a diagram in the same application.
- Paste – Place objects from the previous Copy or Cut operation into the schematic.
- Delete – Delete the selected objects.
- Select All – Select all the objects on the diagram.
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Push Down – Select an object on the diagram, right-click and select Push Down to open the hierarchy diagram of that object, if one is available.
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Pop Up – Right-click the diagram and select Pop Up to go one level up in the hierarchy. This option is available if you are not at the top level of the hierarchy.
Copy will not copy variables or equations.