Pasting an Object as a Shortcut

When you copy an object you can also paste it as a shortcut in a referencing model or package.

For more information about shortcuts, see Shortcuts.

You can paste an object as a shortcut into:

The paste as shortcut feature works according to the following rules:

Paste destination	If a shortcut already exists	If a shortcut does not exist
Browser List of objects	Nothing happens	Shortcut created
Same model or package but different diagram	Nothing happens	Nothing happens
Same model or package and same diagram	Nothing happens	Nothing happens
Different model or package	Symbol created if there was no symbol Graphical synonym created if symbol already existed	Shortcut + symbol created

Select Edit > Paste As Shortcut .

Right-click the Browser target or the diagram window and select Edit > Paste As Shortcut from the contextual menu.

Note:

When you hold down the ctrl and shift keys during a drag and drop operation, you obtain the same result as a paste as shortcut operation.