Paste Composite Elements

When you drag a Composite element from the Project Browser onto the current diagram with [Ctrl] held down, Enterprise Architect prompts you to select the type of paste action to carry out with the Composite element.

PasteCompositeElement

Two advanced options are available for pasting Composite elements; these require the include Embedded Elements checkbox to be selected:

  1. The All Embedded Elements option, which pastes all of the Composite element's embedded elements.
  2. The Based on instance option, which pastes only the elements contained in a specific instance of the Composite element, maintaining the layout of the embedded elements.

Click on the drop-down arrow and select the appropriate instance.

For details of the other options on this dialog, see the Paste from Project Browser topic.