Paste as Block greyed out

[sketch11 11]

If I copy objects, then delete, "Paste as Block" is greyed out from the right click menu.

If I don't delete objects then it work.

 

If I start a brand new drawing, the issue goes away.

 

Why does this happen?

[Cad64 80]

I can't replicate this issue on my end. Maybe there's a problem with the drawing that you're working in. Try running an Audit and see if it fixes any errors, then try to copy/paste again.

[sketch11 11]

Yes it does actually work. Thanks.

[sketch11 11]

After trialing, it does work sometimes but at other times it doesn't. Sometimes I have to close the drawing at least once and Audit at least twice.

Was there another command?

[Cad64 80]

5 hours ago, sketch11 said:

Was there another command?

 

No, but if you're copying from one drawing and pasting into another, you could be reintroducing the same errors again and again, which would explain why you have to keep running Audit. Make sure all your drawings are clean and free of errors.

[tombu 44]

Why not Paste as Block before deleting rather than take a chance on losing those objects?

Messy way of creating blocks with unintelligible names. If you explain what you're trying to accomplish you may get some useful suggestions.

 

I added a "Paste as Group" to the 5 Paste options installed with AutoCAD and use RCDATA_16_NEWGROUP as the image for it.  This is the macro for it: 

^C^C_pasteblock;\(setq LstBlk(vla-get-Name (vlax-ename->vla-object (entlast))));_explode;_last;_-group;_create;*;;_previous;;(command "-purge" "B" LstBlk "N")(setq LstBlk nil)

 

[sketch11 11]

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Why not Paste as Block before deleting rather than take a chance on losing those objects?

Because this is painful when you have a lot of objects selected.

 

"tombu" Thanks for the option of the macro. I tried this and it works.

 

Thanks to both for your input.

[tombu 44]

Glad it worked out for you!