Scissors Of Cutting

Quickstart

1. Craft the Scissors Of Cutting (found in the Tools & Utilities creative tab):

1. Hold the scissors in your main hand.
2. Right-click a solid block to mark your first corner.
3. Right-click another solid block to mark the opposite corner of the region.
4. Now choose what to do with the selection:
   • Right-click air → Cut the region (blocks are removed from the world and stored).
   • Right-click any solid block → Paste the stored clipboard on top of that block.
5. If you make a mistake, left-click to undo the last action.

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Overview

The Scissors Of Cutting is a single-item world-editing tool that lets you capture, move, and replay cuboid regions of blocks without any external editor. Select two corners, cut or copy the region, then paste it wherever you like — all from inside the game using a single item.

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What It Adds

• Scissors Of Cutting — one non-stackable tool item that manages corner selection, clipboard storage, cutting, and pasting.

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How To Use

Selecting a Region

Right-click any solid block to set Corner 1. Right-click a second solid block to set Corner 2. These two points define a cuboid (rectangular box). Air, water, and lava inside the region are automatically ignored — only real block states are captured.

Cut vs. Paste

After both corners are marked:

• Cut-mode clipboard is consumed after a single paste (unless undone).
• Copy-mode clipboard (when paste is triggered after corner selection without a cut) persists and can be pasted repeatedly.

Undo

Left-clicking while holding the scissors starts a short pending undo window (~10 ticks / 0.5 seconds):

• Wait out the window → the last scissors action (cut or paste) is undone.
• Left-click again during the window → the saved clipboard is cleared instead of undoing.

Chat messages confirm every action so you always know the current state.

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Abilities And Mechanics

Block Filtering

You can restrict what the scissors capture using chat commands. Only one filter type is active at a time — setting one automatically clears the other.

Block names accept natural language with spaces (e.g. grass block, oak plank). Multiple names can be listed in a single /scissors xc command.

First-Time Reminder

The first time you carry the scissors in a given world, a full help summary is printed to your chat automatically. Use /scissors help at any time to see it again.

Clipboard Behaviour Summary

• Cut mode — clipboard is one-use; paste consumes it.
• Copy/paste mode — clipboard persists until manually cleared or replaced.
• Pasted blocks respect their original block states and orientations.
• Air, water, and lava are never stored or pasted.

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Progression And Strategy

• Use copy-paste mode (select corners → paste without cutting) to stamp a structure repeatedly across a build.
• Use cut mode to relocate sections of a build cleanly — the source blocks disappear on cut.
• Apply /scissors only when you want to extract a single material from a mixed region (e.g. pull only the glass panes out of a wall).
• Apply /scissors xc to exclude filler blocks like dirt or stone so only the blocks you care about transfer.
• Keep the undo workflow in mind: a quick double left-click clears the clipboard, while a single left-click and a short pause undoes the last placement or removal.