Pasting to Katmandu

[MisterJingles]

Hi all
Please assist. When I copy (CTRL+ C) from one drawing to paste (CTRL+ V) to another ACAD is pasting the object faaaar away. Its not a block, and the co-ordinate to which it is pasting appears to be random.
Copying with a basepoint is not a problem, but sometimes I just want to COPY and PASTE quickly from one MS to another and I then have to go search for the object. Oh and it always appears to paste it South West of where I clicked to insert.

I have a feeling I'm missing something simple, this is also a new issue and not specific to a drawing in particular.

Thanks
Rob

[designerstuart]

are you pasting out of and into world UCS?

[MisterJingles]

are you pasting out of and into world UCS?

Hi Stuart

Yes I am.

Command: ucs (*DRAWING 1)

Current ucs name: *WORLD*
Specify origin of UCS or [Face/NAmed/OBject/Previous/View/World/X/Y/Z/ZAxis]
<World>: *Cancel*



Command: ucs (*DRAWING 2)

Current ucs name: *WORLD*
Specify origin of UCS or [Face/NAmed/OBject/Previous/View/World/X/Y/Z/ZAxis]
<World>:

[designerstuart]

dammit!
same units? (clutching at straws already)

what happens when you paste from dwg2 to dwg1? or out of both into a new dwg? this process might show you that one dwg is the offender - but as for what the problem is.......?

[MisterJingles]

dammit!
same units? (clutching at straws already)

what happens when you paste from dwg2 to dwg1? or out of both into a new dwg? this process might show you that one dwg is the offender - but as for what the problem is.......?

Ok firstly it worked fine when pasting from DWG2 to DWG1. I then checked the units and all was identical except for the precision. I have matched these and now the problem is solved. That was a straw well clutched, thanks Stuart.
Although I am a little puzzled as to why that would make a difference?

[designerstuart]

no idea. but when you get to that level, i find computer programming a little like quantum physics. glad to be of accidental assistance!

[fuccaro]

The "copy vith base point" will give you more controll over the insertion point.

[MisterJingles]

The "copy vith base point" will give you more controll over the insertion point.

Sure, just takes a little longer and not always an absolute necessity. For me at least.

[RobDraw]

Normal copy behavior when no base point is specified is to pick the lower left extent of the objects as the base point. Since you said, "Oh and it always appears to paste it South West of where I clicked to insert.", it sounds like your view is not aligned with you UCS.

[fuccaro]

Normal copy behavior when no base point is specified is to pick the lower left extent of the objects as the base point. Since you said, "Oh and it always appears to paste it South West of where I clicked to insert.", it sounds like your view is not aligned with you UCS.

Or maybe there is a block in the selection set, that has the insertion point far away.