Copying components between two layouts.

General Questions
1

Hello,

I am working in Visual Components and I have a problem with copying components between two layouts.

I have two layouts open and I want to copy objects (including their position and connections) from one layout to another.

However:

  • Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V does not work
  • Drag & drop only moves the object inside the same layout
  • Exported layout is scaled incorrectly and cannot be used properly

My goal:
I want to copy a group of components (for example conveyor + robot setup) from one layout to another without rebuilding everything manually.

Could you please explain:

  1. What is the correct way to copy components between layouts?
  2. Is there a recommended workflow for this?

I am using Visual Components version: 4.10

Thank you.

2

I think no such feature exists.

You could delete everything but the stuff you want to copy from the source layout, save it as separate vcmx file and then add (merge) it into the target layout (drag from eCat or file explorer). It will appear as sub-layout that you can then remove while keeping the components if you want.