Moving, Copying, and Deleting Objects

Objects in the PowerDesigner working environment are easy to manipulate and to reuse from one model or package to another.

• Dragging and Dropping Objects
  You can drag and drop objects to copy, move, create a shortcut or a replica in the PowerDesigner modeling environment.
• Copying Objects
  You can copy objects from the following areas of the PowerDesigner interface:
• Pasting Objects
  When you paste an object in PowerDesigner, you transfer all of its properties from the Clipboard and create a new object, and not a graphical synonym or a new instance of the copied object.
• Deleting Objects
  You can delete an object from the Browser, a diagram, or an object list. You can choose to
• Moving Objects from Package to Package
  You can move an object from package to package using drag and drop feature.
• Creating Graphical Synonyms for Objects
  A graphical synonym is an additional symbol for an object. It has no specific definition in itself but takes the one of the object it represents.

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Created October 7, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com