How to Copy as a block (with all selected external referance and blocks)

[samcoozy]

Dear all,

 

Today I face a Problem in AutoCAD 2008.

 

I am trying to copy some objects from a drawing. In this selection set, there are some objects, external references, and blocks.

 

I am trying to copy these all type of objects at a time and as a block( b'cos want to pest in another drawing as a block) but external references are not copied (using crtl+shift+c).

 

have any solution ??

 

Regards,

—Sam

[Tiger]

- bind the external references first so that they become block in the original drawing, then copy-paste.

 

or

 

- attach the external references in the new drawing.

[samcoozy]

I already Bind external reference, but not copied...

I don't know the reason..

 

one more thing..

can it not possible without binding. any lisp command or any other method..

 

Regards,

—Sam

[Tiger]

If the External Reference is Binded then it is in fact a Block and it should be copied over like normal - is it?

 

I doubt that there is a way to copy an External Reference over with the Copy-command because of the nature of External References. It is not hard to insert the External Reference in the new drawing though.

 

You could explore the Reference Manager, a stand-alone program that you should have installed automatically - look under the Autodesk folder under the Start-menu - there could be a way there to copy the External References.