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Successfully ^C & ^V of details from one drawing to another

Successfully ^C & ^V of details from one drawing to another

Successfully ^C & ^V of details from one drawing to another

(OP)
Successfully ^C & ^V of details from one drawing to another-
especially when a detail has been drawn in model space, is dimensioned in P-Space, and may even have been projected from a model using soldraw.

The problem arises when the geom. picked up using ^C comes into the target drawing in another UCS and with another origin "height" than was expected. In 2002 I get about 60% predictability by assuring UCSFOLLOW is on and current UCS is set to "View" in both viewports in both drawings, but I get no consistency from this now that I'm using 2006.

BTW- I used to handle this using the ALIGN command, and typing in the target coordinate to realign the geom w/ the CURRENT ucs in the viewport, but this doesn't seem to work when I try it in 2006.

I'm sure I'm missing something. Any suggestions?

Tks-
C. Fee

RE: Successfully ^C & ^V of details from one drawing to another

Copy/Paste is always hit-or-miss in CADD, for the reason you state and others...insert units, layers, linewts, etc.

You can avoid all that by WBlocking in, and don't explode.  You can't edit, of course, so make sure it is how you want it before you block in.

Remember: The Chinese ideogram for “crisis” is comprised of the characters for “danger” and “opportunity.”
-Steve

RE: Successfully ^C & ^V of details from one drawing to another

(OP)
Please more replies.

Iha-
Thanks, but I have had great success using copy-paste with ACAD r2004, and moderate success with earlier versions.

I'm looking into the possibility that CADWORKS (an add-on we're using here) may be interfering.

Others-
Is there anyone who has actually mastered this issue who might be able to respond?

Tks-

C. Fee

RE: Successfully ^C & ^V of details from one drawing to another

Yes, this is a problem when you're working in 3D views; the only workaround is to make sure you're in the same UCS view when you copy/paste, normal top-down plan view usually, and then adjust if from there.  (I always insert as a block then explode it once it's placed where I want ot.)   It's not limited to copy/paste, insert is the same way- if you're in an iso view and try to insert an xref, it will come in at a crazy angle!

RE: Successfully ^C & ^V of details from one drawing to another

It makes sense that CopyClip, etc should be used for transfers from ACAD to another application, but how would I copy format blocks, dimensions, etc. between two different layouts?

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