Pasting to Katmandu

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

are you pasting out of and into world UCS?

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]

: *Cancel*

Command: ucs (*DRAWING 2)

Current ucs name: *WORLD*

Specify origin of UCS or [Face/NAmed/OBject/Previous/View/World/X/Y/Z/ZAxis]

:

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.......?

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

If you using copy&paste has your objects in Katmandu, then seems it would be a necessity to use Copybase and would also be quicker than tracking errant pastes.

P.S. Kathmandu is proper spelling of the Nepal valley and city.

If you using copy&paste has your objects in Katmandu, then seems it would be a necessity to use Copybase and would also be quicker than tracking errant pastes.

 

P.S. Kathmandu is proper spelling of the Nepal valley and city.

If it were something I'd struggled with for a while now then I would agree 100%, but this has only started happening in the past 10 - 14 days. Which is why I assumed some variable had changed.

PS: Katmandu is a little village 500kms further than Kathmandu

If it were something I'd struggled with for a while now then I would agree 100%, but this has only started happening in the past 10 - 14 days. Which is why I assumed some variable had changed.

 

PS: Katmandu is a little village 500kms further than Kathmandu

Is this change in behavior in the same drawings?

Is this change in behavior in the same drawings?

The details did seem a bit scant relating to vports, dwg space, etc. Interesting that a precision match would fix the prob, but no doubt stranger things have happened. Are all the dwgs actually zeroed and scaled the same?

BTW, it wasn’t mentioned how the copy with basepoint would be done. While it might be a tad slower & need more (or bigger?) fingers, Ctrl+Shift+C is not that much harder, and picking an arbitrary but useful point for insertion shouldn’t slow one down that much, should it? I guess us control freaks would like it the most, though. Might it be worth investigating to see if using 0,0 as the base point/insertion point in both dwgs matches up correctly?

PS Hadn’t realized Kathmandu is considered SW of South Africa! LSNED:unsure:

SLW210 - It was happening to numerous drawings. I'm struggling to replicate the error but if it happens again I will upload the files here for comment.

neophoible - You are correct, Ctrl+Shift+C is not that much more work but when it can be avoided I prefer to do so. If I experience the problem again I will check if 0,0 matches up as you suggest. I just wonder what changed it and if I accidentally did so.