COPYCLIP and PASTECLIP is not working

[btong]

Hi everyone,

I am having issues with COPYCLIP (ctrl-c) and PASTECLIP (ctrl-v) in autocad.

I received a drawing from a client and I want to copy/paste it into a new drawing, so we can have it in my company's template. And right now, the command is not working. In the client's drawing, when I COPYCLIP, the command line responded and found all the items. But when I tried to paste it into a new drawing, the command line just shows "_pasteclip" and nothing happens, instead of "_pasteclip Specify insertion point."

I am wondering if it is some sort of protection the client had setup in the drawing to avoid this whole copy/paste thing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks

 

[Exxit]

Btong,

did you "_audit the *.dwg? Try to insert it as a block. What does happen?

Lothar

ADT 2004

 

[Exxit]

ACAD2007?

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=7450124&linkID=9240618

ADT 2004

 

[btong]

I'm using Autocad 2000.

And it didn't work as a block either. It seems like it is a common bug for autocad 2007. Wondering now if it is a version incompatibility issue?

 

[Exxit]

Hi,

maybe the client did use 2007? He has to install the bug fix.

Lothar

ADT 2004

 

[ohiocad]

We have had issues like that before, where it ended up being something goofy with dimensions. We could copyclip and paste the entire drawing, as long as we didn't take a single one of the dims with it. But, one dimension, even just a leader would stop it from pasting.

 

[CADCAMMIKE]

There is a compatibilty issue with the newer AutoCAD save as AutoCAD 2000. I have found the best solution to this is to use DWGTrue Convert

http://cadpanacea.com/node/80

(don't use the true view, it is more than you need & your AutoCAD will ask you if you want to open with true view everytime)and up convert to 2004, and then back to 2000. (uncheck the create back-up) This solves the paste problem everytime.

 

[RHTPE]

Try this:

Open the drawing you are trying to copy from. WBlock the items you want to a temporary file.

Close the drawing.

Open the drawing you are trying to copy to. Insert the temporary file as a block, then explode it.

Be mindful of the insertion point for the objects that you want to copy.



Ralph
Structures Consulting
Northeast USA

 

[btong]

Thanks for all the help so far!!

Converting the drawing into a block did work but not with WBLOCK. When using WBLOCK, the drawing just didn't save at all. I ended up making the whole drawing as a block first and then saved it. Then I insert the drawing into the new one and exploded it. A little round about way to do what WBLOCK was suppose to do. The scale is off but that is a minor issue.

I don't know why I didn't thought about this earlier, since Exxit did mentioned about doing it as a block. I just kept thinking of pasting it as a block instead.