Segment editor : Paste

Segment editor	Edit menu
Paste

Paste data from the clipboard into the current segment map.

Into a segment map, it is possible to paste:

cut or copied points from a point map (as one segment),
cut or copied segments from a segment map,
copied polygons boundaries from a polygon map,
cut or copied pixels from a raster map (as one segment).

Mind:

The map from which you have cut or copied points, segments, polygons or pixels must have the same domain type (i.e. either class, ID, or value, etc.) as the segment map into wish to paste these points, segments, polygons or pixels.

This means that it is not possible to paste for instance copied contour segments (values) into a segment map which uses a class domain and vice versa.

To paste:

choose Paste from the Edit menu, or
press Ctrl+V on the keyboard.

In case you cut or copied from a map with a class or ID domain, and now pasting this into a segment map which uses another class or ID domain, the program will try to add any domain items which are not yet present in the domain of the current map to the domain of the current map. A question will be asked to confirm this.

Answer the question(s) to add encountered class name(s) or ID(s) from another class or ID domain to the current class or ID domain with:

yes: to add the encountered domain item to the present domain, or
no: to skip the encountered domain item and continue with the next item, or
cancel: to interrupt the pasting and return to the segment editor.

Results of pasting:

When pasting points into a segment map:

all pasted points will keep their coordinates;
all pasted points will together form one segment in the current segment map;
the single output segment will obtain the class name, identifier or value of the first point encountered.

When pasting segments into a segment map:

all pasted segments will keep their coordinates,
all pasted segments will keep their class names, identifiers or values.

When pasting polygons into a segment map:

all pasted polygons boundaries will keep their coordinates,
the polygon boundaries will appear as segments in the current segment map,
you may need to check the obtained class names, identifiers or values.

When pasting pixels into a segment map:

all pasted pixels will keep their coordinates;
all pasted pixels will together form one segment in the current segment map;
the single output segment will obtain the class name, identifier or value of the first pixel encountered.

Tips:

You can use Windows' Clipboard/Clipbook Viewer to inspect the current contents of the clipboard in various formats. For more information on the Clipboard Viewer, see the Windows Help.
An example of segments copied to the clipboard is presented in Segment editor : Copy.