Hi.
I remove from the grave this old thread because I'm testing Affinity Designer and regret to not have a "paste in place" option.
Any more information now about that?
I used to work with Illustrator since many years, and it's very useful and avoid some layers manipulations.
For exemple to access to an object below an other, I cut the first, work on the second, and then past in place the first, without moving my hands of their position, check and uncheck layers etc.
Or if I need to copy a logo, adress... from a packaging file, to the same packaging in an other language and file, I just cut from one and paste in place on the second without using coordinates.
I "past in place" dozen times a day because I found sometimes it's the quickest way to do my job.
But I admit my way to work is made with habits due to specific tools. And new software means new tools, and new habits, non necessary worse or better, just differents.
And sorry for my english, that was not my favorite subject at school, I regret.