Carlis Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 How do you copy a non-block item from one drawing to another drawing. With both drawings open, the two methods I've used are the Edit>Copy in drawing 1 and Edit>Paste in drawing or Right mouse button (drop down menu)> Copy in drawing 1 and Right mouse button> Paste in drawing 2. Sometimes one or both methods work and at other times neither works. Is there another copy method or am I doing something incorrectly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Use copy with base point, either from the Edit menu or if using Ribbon use Home>Clipboard>copy with base point. Then use one of the paste options like paste to original coordinates. In addition I like to use the Clipboard so I have multiple copy clips, I can give them a name and I can see a visual of what they look like before placing them. For 2010 you will have to download the clipboard from the autodesk labs. http://labs.blogs.com/.services/blog/6a00d8341caed853ef00d834520f0d69 e2/search?filter.q=copyclip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Hi and welcome to the forums! The issue of copy-clip not working sometimes in AutoCAD had been debated over and over both here and at other sites, and I don't think that it has been resolved once and for all. Sometimes a full clipboard is the culprit, but not all the times. I get failed copy-clips more often when I have large drawings going, but it happens at other times too. I recommend that you search around and try out different solutions and I hope that you find a solution. Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Another technique is with tiled windows - window or crossing window select the geometry you want to copy. Then click and hold on one of the lines (not on a grip). A special clipboard icon will appear. Continue to hold and you can drag (a copy of) the geometry to the second file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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