Right click & Paste sometimes isn't possible

[ammobake]

I'm using Autocad 2010 and there's something that's been bugging me lately.

 

Let's say, for example, I have a callout I want to copy and paste. Typically I'll copy using the tip of the leader as the basepoint. I then right click and select paste.

 

But for whatever reason, sometimes when you copy stuff in Autocad and right-click, the paste option isn't even available. Sometimes even when you JUST copied something using a basepoint.

 

When this happens I always hold Control+V to paste what I just copied because that ALWAYS works when the right-click method does not. I'm just confused WHY it doesn't work when I know the data is copied to the clipboard. Because if it wasn't copied to the clipboard, using Ctrl+V wouldn't work at all (Or at least it would try to paste whatever what was last copied to the clipboard).

 

You can also use Ctrl+Shift+V to work around the problem if you're trying to paste something as a block.

 

It's alot easier than having to re-copy something and retry the right-click method. But what is the deal? Is it a memory issue?

 

-ChriS

[ReMark]

I've had almost the same problem in 2010. I do a lot with Copy with basepoint then Paste as block. The first part goes without a hitch but like you the second part doesn't because the option is greyed out. When I get back to work on Monday I may just take advantage of my Subscription and ask the geeks over at AutoDesk what's going on. If I get a response, good-bad-or indifferent, I'll let you know.

[BearDyugin]

Literally one of these days has faced the same problem:

One variant (not the convenient) of the decision has found itself, it is necessary to select any object then to insert to become actively, it is possible to see it on animation.

The second variant was prompted by good people: "it is necessary to come into menu Format, to cause the list of scales and to click on ОК, changing nothing, in the menu of the right button the necessary lines become active."

[ReMark]

Interesting solution Geo.

[BearDyugin]

Interesting solution Geo.

Why you address to me Geo?

Geobuilder, does not mean Name + builder, and the builder the geodesist means, and that it is clear only to you, english-speaking , and on the Russian open spaces of the Internet it perceive simply as complete nickname is more often. In general everywhere and at all forums, my nickname Disney because when I studied in an English-speaking class in us was given English names, and to me has got Walt. I here again wished to be Disney, but at registration there were any difficulties and trying in 10th time, I have entered confidential nickname Geobuilder, and this account has been registered by will of a case.

[ReMark]

OK comrade Disney. I'll call you whatver you like. Please accept my apologies for not using your correct name.

[ammobake]

Thanks ReMark. I'm just baffled as to what the heck the problem is. My only guess is that it's some kind of glitch in the programming.

 

If you do Autocad for a living, like I do, then you know just how annoying this can be. I work full time as a 1-man CAD department for a company that probably needs 2 or 3 people to really maximize effectiveness. But somehow I've been able to get the job done. I work on a military installation too, and alot of times working with the government AND all your subcontractors is not a simple task.

 

I run across this particular issue at least 3-5 times daily. I typically work a minimum 50 hour week. Last summer I worked a 72 hour week during the busy season..

 

These kinds of autocad quirks just annoy you to no end when you're doing this level of drafting/design work..

 

-ChriS

[ReMark]

I sometimes find that if I switch workspaces from 2d to 3D and back I can get the options that were inaccessible to be available again. Not a fix by any means but it is a workaround.

[ReMark]

Update:

 

I submitted a request for help to the Subscription center this morning regarding the AutoCAD 2010 copy/paste problem we have discussed. Since it got a "low" priority rating I am told it make take up to four days to hear back from AutoDesk. I'll keep you posted.

[rkent]

Download the free clipboard command from the Autodesk Labs.

 

http://labs.blogs.com/its_alive_in_the_lab/plugin-of-the-month/

[ReMark]

Just got this reply (and much sooner than I expected).

 

I understand your right-click > Paste as Block option is sometimes greyed out. However, you can still use Edit > Paste as Block or type Ctrl+Shift+V.

 

This is a known issue with AutoCAD 2010 and is scheduled to be fixed in the next release of the program. Our apologies for any inconvenience.

 

In the interim, the work-around shown in the article linked here may help to get the function working properly for you: http://architects-desktop.blogspot.com/2009/05/autocad-architecture-2010-ui-changes_15.html

[ammobake]

Interesting! Thanks, ReMark.

 

I used to think it was just me. Sometimes you just get "in the zone" when you're doing CAD work and it becomes so automatic you can sometimes forget what you just did.

 

You'd think with so many versions before it, 2010 would be beyond having these kinds of little problems by now.

 

It's just alot easier, IMO, to right click and select paste it than use CTRL+V to paste or CTRL+SHIFT+V to paste as block. But I guess there really ISN'T a workaround.

 

I looked at that link they provided. It turns out that altering the CUI to make the command "clickable" (for lack of a better term) WILL make it possible to paste and/or paste as block. But it still doesn't fix the problem if you select "Paste to original coordinates". Not that I use that very often, myself. But it isn't a 100% workaround it seems.

 

Before I figured out CTRL+V / CTRL+SHIFT+V, I figured out that you could copy with basepoint (a second time) and usually I could then right click and paste. But what a nightmare for people who don't know about the glitch. Especially the newer folks who aren't that familiar with Autocad to begin with.

 

-ChriS