How to move a construction or product you placed in the wrong spot

Purpose

Move a construction or a product that sits in the wrong place in the building model tree, for example in the wrong category or under the wrong construction.

Prerequisites

• The project version is not locked or archived.
• Neither the item you are moving nor the destination is inside a construction locked by a library.

Steps

1. Click the row with the construction or product in the building model tree to select it.
2. Press Ctrl+X (Cmd+X on Mac), or choose Cut in the row’s action menu. The row is dimmed but stays in place until you paste it.
3. Select the destination:
   • Construction: select the category or construction it should go in.
   • Product: select the construction it should go in (or a product inside it).
4. Press Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on Mac), or choose Paste in the row’s action menu.

The item is moved with all its data and disappears from its old location. To cancel before pasting, press Escape.

Things to note

• A construction can only be placed in an innermost category, i.e. one without subcategories.
• You cannot paste into a category that uses a default value.
• A construction cannot be moved into itself or into one of its own subconstructions.
• If the item is under Unclassified, Cut is the only option: move it into a category in the selected classification.
• If the action cannot be completed, the app shows a message explaining why, and nothing is moved.
• To keep the original and make a copy elsewhere, use Ctrl+C instead of Ctrl+X.

Result

The construction or product is now in the right place in the building model, and the calculation uses the new location.

See also

• How to use keyboard shortcuts in the building model tree
• How to change classification, and what it costs: classify stranded constructions with the Classify dialog