jay-d Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 I don't understand why this happens on some drawings and other drawings it doesn't.. I've tried searching on Google but all the answers don't describe my problem. I've got a drawing from a client, I've created a layer and I'm adding MTEXT to the drawing. Rather than creating a new MTEXT every time, I copy and paste the previous one and edit. It works for a bit then out of the blue, it will give me that error after there's about 16 copy/pastes. _pasteclip Duplicate definition of block _ArchTick ignored. I don't understand what _ArchTick is or how I can get around this error?? Quote
ReMark Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 What program did your client use to create the drawing? Quote
neophoible Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 _ArchTick is a standard block for an arrow type for dimensions. Perhaps you are copying dimensions as well? The message does not necessarily indicate an error. It is just a warning that a block definition that you are inserting from another drawing has the same name as one already in the drawing. AutoCAD will use the current definition and ignore the new one. If they are the same then, there is no problem. Quote
jay-d Posted April 10, 2013 Author Posted April 10, 2013 What program did your client use to create the drawing? I'm using 2012.. the file was saved in 2004 format.. not sure exactly what version the client is using. _ArchTick is a standard block for an arrow type for dimensions. Perhaps you are copying dimensions as well? The message does not necessarily indicate an error. It is just a warning that a block definition that you are inserting from another drawing has the same name as one already in the drawing. AutoCAD will use the current definition and ignore the new one. If they are the same then, there is no problem. That's where it doesn't make sense.. I'm only copy the MTEXT that I've created on the new layer.. nothing else yet it always says this. No dims selected. It works for the first 16 copy/pastes then starts giving me that error with no text able to paste.. it's like.. it's there.. the cursor changes to what it would look like when pasting, but the actually text isn't there. It asks me for the insertion point but once I click, nothing happens. Quote
neophoible Posted April 10, 2013 Posted April 10, 2013 Sounds like an "undocumented feature". Have you tried copying a lot of MTEXT in one go to see what that would do, or is that what you already do? Have you tried saving the drawing to a newer format first, e.g., 2007, 2010, before copying and pasting? I'm suggesting changing a COPY of the DWG, not the original file. But these are all just stabs in the dark. Quote
jay-d Posted April 11, 2013 Author Posted April 11, 2013 Sounds like an "undocumented feature". Have you tried copying a lot of MTEXT in one go to see what that would do, or is that what you already do? Have you tried saving the drawing to a newer format first, e.g., 2007, 2010, before copying and pasting? I'm suggesting changing a COPY of the DWG, not the original file. But these are all just stabs in the dark. I've tried all those Even tried it with a new drawing and after 16 copy/pastes, same issue. Tried copying from a drawing where I don't get this error to this one, tried selecting a lot of MTEXTs and copying/pasting.. same issue Quote
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