Any model object that you have cut or copied to the Clipboard can be pasted back into a model. You can paste objects into any of the following:
When you paste an object into a model, it is placed in the same physical location as it appeared in the original model. For example, if you copy an entity that appeared in the bottom-right corner of page one of a model, and paste it into a model in another diagram window, it is placed in the bottom-right corner of page one of that new model. If the bottom of page one is not visible in the new model, you cannot see the pasted entity until you scroll or change to a different Zoom level.
If you paste one or more entities, tables, drawing objects, or views into an existing model, they may overlap other objects. Because all objects pasted into a model are automatically selected, you can easily drag the pasted objects to a blank part of the diagram window.
If you copy or delete a view and subsequently paste that view into a model, the program pastes not only the view, but also all base tables associated with that view into the model. If the base tables already exist, the base tables are unified, so that the model only contains a single copy of each base table.
You cannot paste attributes or columns into a model unless you paste the associated entity, table, or view.
Note: Even if the option Disallow Non-unique Names is selected for the current model, the program does not enforce unique naming of model objects when you paste an object. If you want all objects in your model to have unique names, you must manually change the names.
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