5.5. Creating Objects

New objects can be created using the New Object menu, accessed by clicking this icon above the object tree: . Certain objects can also be created via a pop-up menu that can be opened by right-clicking on a parent object in the tree.

You can create all objects except physical address objects through the New Object menu. (Physical address objects can only be created by right-clicking on an existing Interface object.) You can also create objects by right-clicking on a folder in a tree (though not in the read-only Standard tree). If you right-click a folder, you can only create objects appropriate to that folder. For example, the interface object can only be placed under a host or firewall object, so the option Add Interface is available only if you right-click on a host or firewall.

Another way to create objects is to use the Duplicate option when you right click on an object. This allows you to create a copy of the object. For example, you may want to create a firewall policy for one platform, duplicate it, then just change the target platform on the copy. However, copies are not linked in any way. A change to the original has no affect on the copy, and vice versa.