longweight Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Hi all, I would like to know if the following is possible in AutoCAD as it would save me a large amount of time, just not sure what to ask Google for! Here we go... 1. I want to copy the area shown in this image into another file but only the stuff within the rectangle.. Which would result in this: Currently I have to draw the rectangle and then trim the lines to get what I want. I just want to know if there is a simple command that will let me draw a rectangle and copy only the lines within that rectangle. Thanks Long Quote
ReMark Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Too bad you are using LT as you cannot take advantage of a lisp routine called "cookiecutter" that would do exactly what you want. Quote
longweight Posted January 30, 2012 Author Posted January 30, 2012 That does sound exactly like the tool I need! Quote
rkent Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 XREF the file into the other drawing and in PaperSpace Layout create a viewport to show the area you want. If anything changes in the original (parent) drawing it will show in the new (child) drawing. Quote
nestly Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 I believe that "cookiecutter" is the same as the Express Tool "Extrim", and would still require drawing actually drawing the cutting box. Unless you want to modify your source drawing, I think your only real choice is to draw a crossing window (right to left) around the portion you need, and either copy/paste or WBLOCK the selection into another drawing. You'll still have to draw the rectangle and TRIM (or EXTRIM), even if you weren't using LT. Quote
SLW210 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Use a viewport and _EXPORTLAYOUT. This will create a new model space drawing of your layout tab. Quote
nestly Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Use a viewport and _EXPORTLAYOUT. This will create a new model space drawing of your layout tab. You just made my life a little bit easier. Quote
Jack_O'neill Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Like I always say, you can learn something new every day. I've been using extrim and before that a lisp that did something similar. Had never paid any attention to exportlayout. That's much quicker for what I do! supergroovycool! Quote
daft vader Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 exportlayout is a new one to me as well, before this was explained i would have just copy the section i wanted and opened it in a new drawing then edit the lines etc to what i wanted it works ? Quote
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