Understanding the Microvellum Clipboard

Understanding the Microvellum Clipboard

Microvellum Clipboard

The Microvelum Clipboard allows you to copy different elements of a product and use them at a later time. In the part properties and spreadsheet menus, you will notice commands that allow you to copy an element to the clipboard and paste an element from the clipboard. You can save a part, hardware item, prompt, subassembly, or machine token to the clipboard and will find these commands in their respective interfaces.

Copy to the Clipboard

When copying an element to the clipboard, the Microvellum Clipboard window will be displayed. Right-clicking in the main window will allow you to create categories to help organize the elements you will be saving to the clipboard. To copy the element, select a category, and then give the element a name. The name can be anything you want and is only used within this window to help identify what has been saved to the clipboard.


  1. Clipboard categories can be added through the right-click context menu.
  2. Existing elements saved to clipboard.
  3. Name of the currently selected category.
  4. Name of the element that will be saved to the clipboard.

Paste from the Clipboard

When pasting a part from the clipboard into a product or part, the list of currently existing elements will be displayed in the clipboard window. To add the element, select it from the list, and select the Paste  button. Depending on the element that you are adding and the interface you are using to paste the element, it will either overwrite the element that is currently selected or paste it as a new element.

Clipboard Files Storage

If you need to transfer the elements you currently have in your clipboard to another computer, you can grab the Clipboard folder stored in the Microvellum Data location. Inside the Clipboard folder are several spreadsheet files that contain the different elements copied to the Microvellum Clipboard. Copy these files to another computer’s Microvellum Data/Clipboard folder to access the clipboard elements on another machine.

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