mudi269 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Hi, I want to copy selected area of a drawing to a new doc(Autocad .dwg). I tried all but unable to do so. Can anybody help me ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kencaz Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Just rename (save as) the file and delete what you don't want. KC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire_col Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Or you could use the 'copyclip' command select what you want and then paste it into your new drawing. Or if you require your objects to be pasted in certain co-ordinates use the 'copybase' command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 or you can WBLOCK the parts you need to a new file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudi269 Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share Posted March 19, 2010 It didn't work. I'm using Autocad 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 what didn't work? - all the above options should be available to you with 2004. My solution has been present since at least V2.6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeScott Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 edit menu copy with basepoint Select base point with mouse select items (anything dotted will be copied) hit enter open new drawing to paste in drawing. select point done That's one of the ways listed above. As said above, all will work with your version of autocad. Unless you are unable to select the items because they're in a block or on a locked layer or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 I want to copy selected area of a drawing to a new doc(Autocad .dwg). I tried all but unable to do so. Another possibility to consider is that the original drawing has been opened/edited in AutoCAD 2007 at some time, and has the copy bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire_col Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Another possibility to consider is that the original drawing has been opened/edited in AutoCAD 2007 at some time, and has the copy bug. :?Copy bug? I've not come across that. Yet . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Copy bugs? I haven't see any of those either. I copy 'n paste almost eveyday. Did you get copy workin'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 :?Copy bug? I've not come across that. You would not have because you are using r2007. It is those people using earlier versions, and opening a drawing that has been saved as a lower version from 2007. The bug disables the copying, pasting and Wblocking functions. If that is the culprit, then one way I have found of overcoming it is to start a new drawing "From Scratch", insert the other drawing in it as an exploded block, and everything should be working as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeScott Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 heh.. so that WASN'T just me.. Thanks for the workaround, in case I see that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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