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COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP is not working

COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP is not working

COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP is not working

(OP)
Hi everyone,

I am having issues with COPYCLIP (ctrl-c) and PASTECLIP (ctrl-v) in autocad.

I received a drawing from a client and I want to copy/paste it into a new drawing, so we can have it in my company's template. And right now, the command is not working. In the client's drawing, when I COPYCLIP, the command line responded and found all the items. But when I tried to paste it into a new drawing, the command line just shows "_pasteclip" and nothing happens, instead of "_pasteclip Specify insertion point."

I am wondering if it is some sort of protection the client had setup in the drawing to avoid this whole copy/paste thing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks

 

RE: COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP is not working

Btong,

did you "_audit the *.dwg? Try to insert it as a block. What does happen?

Lothar

ADT 2004

RE: COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP is not working

(OP)
I'm using Autocad 2000.

And it didn't work as a block either. It seems like it is a common bug for autocad 2007. Wondering now if it is a version incompatibility issue?

RE: COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP is not working

Hi,

maybe the client did use 2007? He has to install the bug fix.

Lothar

ADT 2004

RE: COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP is not working

We have had issues like that before, where it ended up being something goofy with dimensions.  We could copyclip and paste the entire drawing, as long as we didn't take a single one of the dims with it.  But, one dimension, even just a leader would stop it from pasting.

RE: COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP is not working

There is a compatibilty issue with the newer AutoCAD save as AutoCAD 2000.  I have found the best solution to this is to use DWGTrue Convert http://cadpanacea.com/node/80 (don't use the true view, it is more than you need & your AutoCAD will ask you if you want to open with true view everytime)and up convert to 2004, and then back to 2000. (uncheck the create back-up)  This solves the paste problem everytime.

RE: COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP is not working


Try this:

Open the drawing you are trying to copy from.  WBlock the items you want to a temporary file.

Close the drawing.

Open the drawing you are trying to copy to.  Insert the temporary file as a block, then explode it.

Be mindful of the insertion point for the objects that you want to copy.

 

Ralph
Structures Consulting
Northeast USA

RE: COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP is not working

(OP)
Thanks for all the help so far!!

Converting the drawing into a block did work but not with WBLOCK. When using WBLOCK, the drawing just didn't save at all. I ended up making the whole drawing as a block first and then saved it. Then I insert the drawing into the new one and exploded it. A little round about way to do what WBLOCK was suppose to do. The scale is off but that is a minor issue.

I don't know why I didn't thought about this earlier, since Exxit did mentioned about doing it as a block. I just kept thinking of pasting it as a block instead.  

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