Urte Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 how can I copy part of referenced drawing & paste it to another? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpseifert Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Using the Express Tools' Ncopy command you can copy objects from an xref (or a block) into the current dwg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Congrats on your first post, and welcome to the forums! how can I copy part of referenced drawing & paste it to another? There's a few ways to do this: Opening the referenced drawing directly, and copy+paste the entities you want into your destination drawing (be mindful of your UCS) Opening the referenced drawing directly, and block out the entities you want to their own drawing (using the ._wblock command), then inserting them into your destination drawing (be mindful of your UCS, and insertion units) If you have Express Tools installed you can copy nested entities (using the ._ncopy command) from your referenced drawing (this will not retain block definitions), then copy+paste them into your destination drawing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qball Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 double click or refedit the xref, copy the items (off to the side), Remove from working set, discard changes and the copied items should be retained, then move [use Previous] them back to the right spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 My two cents... I would strongly recommend against using ._refedit on external references, there are many documented issues with doing so. Instead try using the ._xopen command, if one of the previous methods is insufficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qball Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 I would strongly recommend against using ._refedit on external references, there are many documented issues with doing so. software or user error? I have never had a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 software or user error? AutoCAD error. Would it not stand to reason that Autodesk developed the ._xopen command for a purpose? Or does that command development fall under the "For $#!%'s and Grins" category...? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urte Posted October 23, 2010 Author Share Posted October 23, 2010 (edited) Using the Express Tools' Ncopy command you can copy objects from an xref (or a block) into the current dwg. this only picks one object at a time, is there a way that I could select a portion of drawing? Thanks Please help!!! Maybe I wasn't clear enough... so... I manage drawing that has referenced drawing, to be more specific, referenced drawing is plant layout that includes only walls & pillars, I manage plans inside the walls, machines, work surfaces, etc. If I need to copy some section to other drawing it copies only my drawing, referenced drawing doesn't come up... Ncopy Tool works, but picks only single units... Any clues how to do it the way I need? Cheers Edited October 26, 2010 by Urte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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